Every hour we are closer to eternity.
Inhale, exhale. Closer to eternity.
Drive to work. Closer to eternity.
Take a walk, mop the kitchen, do the dishes, snuggle with the kids. Closer to eternity.
Most of the time we don’t think like that. There are things to do.
Good things, godly things – like living a quiet life and working with our hands and doing all we do as unto the Lord. Cooking dinners and washing laundry and waking and sleeping.
And there are distractions too – a whole host. The list is endless.
Time is here and now. Forever is…well, somewhat uncomprehensible. Yet forever is coming.
How then should we live?
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.- Ephesians 5:15-18
We shouldn’t run around like we’re running out of time. We shouldn’t waste our time digging through our past. And we shouldn’t even (try to) look into the future – since as finite humans, we only have this actual moment we are living in.
Right now. That’s it.
What a joy. What a comfort, that you can make this moment count for the Lord.
You can pray (and sweep the floor).
Study the Bible.
Work (inside the home or outside) as if you were working for the Lord (since you are!)
Give whatever you have, even that cup of cold water, and you will not lose your due reward. Let the Lord guide you as you go throughout the day.
10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. – Ephesians 2:10
Our God is a gracious God. Not only does He save us, He walks with us and even gives us Spiritual work. These “good works” are what we are to devote ourselves to after salvation. Not to secure salvation, rather, to serve Jesus and our fellow Christians.
“…so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God….” Colossians 1:10
As we live – confessing our sins, forgetting our past, trusting God with our future – we rejoice in the knowledge that we are one moment closer to seeing our risen Lord. One moment closer to sweet, endless fellowship with God’s entire family for all time.
We are one moment closer to eternity.