Eternal Perspective
It’s late and everything in me doesn’t want to write this but I can’t seem to get away from it so here it goes.
It’s easy to be comfortable and to live for the here and now. We can say we are living for heaven but are we? Are we really living in a way that is truly looking at life from an eternal perspective or are we asking for healings on this side of heaven? Desiring the good life on this side of heaven? Are we focused on having the perfect marriage to satisfy ourselves or are we inspiring our spouses to live in such a way that they are focused on pleasing the Lord and not ourself?
Over the last several months I’ve been faced with these questions and then today during church I couldn’t get away from the question. So often I pray for things desiring to see the results but what if I’m praying for something that I won’t see until the second coming of Jesus?
Yes I share about Jesus to many. I’ve prayed for thousands of people in my life time but do I get saddened when I don’t see the result I’ve been praying for? When people I know are suffering from cancer, tumors, pain . . . and there is no end to the destruction in sight? Do you become discouraged? Do I?
Life can cause us to spin when we hear or see so much loss. Yet is it loss if we have an eternal perspective? Do we grasp trying desperately to hold onto this world and the earthly pleasures? Or do we continue to hold stuff and people with open palms knowing this world is only temporary? This body is only temporary.
These questions have swirled in my mind as I’ve experienced recently people I know dying from cancer. As I’ve seen my child suffer from a brain tumor and as I’ve witnessed my husband unable to walk without excruciating pain first thing in the morning and late into the evening.
So much death, pain and destruction permeates this temporary world. And in my flesh I want to pray for a happy result and at times I’ve seen miracle results yet many times I haven’t seen the situation with an eternal perspective. Then as I pray this question comes up. Will the happy ending draw me into a stronger relationship with Christ and prepare me for eternity or will it bind my heart deeper into my fleshly desires? Even if they are “good” fleshly desires in my heart?
This question gets me the most and today as I’ve pondered these thoughts my prayer is I will always choose to be crucified with Christ so that He will live through me and my personal vision is focused on the eternal perspective instead of the here and now. Because ultimately we all die at some point and if we haven’t prepared ourselves for eternity we will be desperately weeping on the other side of this life.
Join me today in allowing Christ to crucify your flesh. Allowing Yourself to be fixated on the second coming of Christ and not on how you can please your flesh today. For this world is only temporary.
Prayer Needs
Healing over the tumor in Esperanza’s brain.
Healing over Bruce’s sub-tailor joint.
Our finances.
