Eternity....forever....no time......endless.....infinity.....things my human mind cannot comprehend and yet the thought of eternity has been on my mind and heart lately. I don't think we think about eternity enough honestly. I feel like we go through life, day to day and just do our thing without the bigger picture in mind. Along with the thought of eternity has been the return of Christ....many people have many different viewpoints on Christ's return but one thing I can guarantee you is this: He is coming. He is the One who was and is and is to come. Many people believe He is the One who was and many poeple believe He is the One who is, but I don't feel like many people really believe that He is the One to come and if we do, we don't act like it. We think of Jesus' return as something in the very distant future or nice part of a story we tell, but what if it wasn't? What if it was much nearer than we all think? I am well aware no one knows the time nor the hour, but Jesus did leave us with words warning us of the season and what the events and things going on in the world would be like. If you read His words in Matthew 24 many of the things Jesus speaks of are going on in the world now.
So if eternity is so near, why are we so little moved? I feel one of the biggest things that hinders us today is procrastination, the thought that we have more time. Its one of the devils best game plans. We put things off, thinking to ouselves "Oh I have a little longer." I'm guilty of this, but lately I've been assaulted with the thought, "What if we don't have a little longer?" I'm not trying to scare anyone with this, but its just a sobering thought. Regardless of your view on Christ's return, we aren't guarenteed tomorrow, let alone our next breath. One day, we will stand before a righteous and holy God and have to answer for our lives. Did we choose Christ? Did we have an intimate relationship with the Lord or just play the part of the Christian? Did we allow the Spirit to lead us and guide us into all that God had planned for us to do? God has a specific plan for each and every person, but most of us are too busy following our own agendas and our own plans and dreams to bother asking Him what His plan is or we just simply decide we don't want His plan. We are too busy chasing after the world instead of chasing after God. Again, I'm guilty of this too. There have been times in my life where I haven't been concerned with God or His plan for my life. But you see, you will never be truly fulfilled until you tap into His plan for your life...its what you were made to do. Its who you were made to be. I am figuring this out a little more each day. We were made to be a reflection of the image of God and to carry out His purposes on earth. To bring His kingdom to earth. We were made to glorify the One True God. PERIOD. I don't want to stand before Jesus one day at the end of my life, knowing I didn't complete all he set out for me to do because I was too busy with my own agenda. My agenda (whether "good" or "bad") doesn't matter a lick in the light of enternity, only His does. Its not about me and the more I search myself, the more I realize I have far too much of me still inside of me. I don't need more of me and my agenda. I need more of Jesus. He's the only one who can bring true change. He's the only one who can bring true healing. JESUS in me not just me. I have to allow the Holy Spirit to be the driving force in all I do. I have to allow Jesus to work through me.
Honestly, I feel like we would live compeltely different lives if we were truly eternity minded people. We would be more purposeful in how we spent our time and who we spent our time on. We wouldn't think twice about sharing the gospel with someone believing their eternity hung in the balance. We wouldn't hesitate to be the hands and feet of Jesus and care for those less fortunate who needed to be taken care of instead of leaving it for someone else to do. We would tell the people important to us we loved them every chance we got. We wouldn't focus so much on the negative because in the light of eternity so many things are just so unimportant.
Eternity is coming...are you ready? Have you trusted your life to Christ, because without Him eternity is a scary thought? If you have, are you truly living a life worthy of the call of Christ? No one said it would be easy, and if anyone ever told you following Jesus would be easy then they lied! Its a fight. A daily battle between the flesh and the spirit, whichever you feed more wins. If you feed your flesh more of the world then you look more like the world and become ineffective for the kingdom. If you feed your spirit more then you become more like Christ and are set apart from the world and are able to walk in the plans and purposes God has for you. Its a daily surrender, a bowing of the heart, saying to God, I am nothing without you. You are the King of my life and I need you today in this moment. Lead me, guide me, correct me. Show me your plan for me today. I've often thought of the bigger plan God has for my life but I once heard someone say that God doesn't just have a big plan he has a daily plan. He has every single day of my life planned out and its up to me to seek Him in order to ask what His will is for that day. How many opportunities do I miss to be the hands and feet of Jesus just by becoming wrapped up in my plans for the day instead of following and leaning on the Holy Spirit's promptings.
I have by no means figured it all out and I am constantly realizing how inadequate and hopeless I am without Jesus. These are just things that have been heavy on my heart lately. Things I feel we should all be more aware of and think about more often. The good news is that when we surrender all, He is faithful to lead and guide us. Keep seeking Him with all your heart. Seek first His kingdom and all else will be added. Stay focused. Don't give up. There is hope in Jesus. He is our hope! I pray we all become more eternity minded and we allow the light of eternity to toally wreck us and change us in order to become more like Christ.
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