(54) Living In the Light of Eternity

(Note:  This post is part of a series on the Eternality of God)

As for man, his days are like grass;

As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

When the wind has passed over it, it is no more,

And its place acknowledges it no longer.

(Psalm 103:15-16)

A flower springs up, it flourishes for a brief time, and then it is gone . . . forgotten . . . no lasting impact. Before long, the ground it was planted in will show no signs it was ever there. So is the life of man apart from Christ and investing life into eternally significant pursuits.

Man’s life is a mere micro-spec on the scale of eternity. The amazing thing is that what you and I do now, in this micro-spec we call our lives actually makes a difference for eternity. As the redeemed and regenerated, we can make a difference, and impact eternity for the glory of God. Eternity is determined in the present. Lives saved and matured in Christ to the point where they reach others for Christ will result in greater numbers to praise God in eternity.

This begs a question, “How do we live in the blink of time we have in light of the great span of eternity?” Someone has calculated how a typical life span of 70 years is spent. Here is his estimate:

What’s your reaction to this? When I think about how brief my life is and think about investing my life for eternity, and question immediately comes to mind, “How can I free up some of my precious moments from temporal, insignificant activities so I can invest more time into eternity?” I look at this chart, and I realize I have to be careful messing with the sleep time, I’m already employed in ministry, but #3! What it the world? You mean to tell me that the third biggest time consumer for the average person is watching T.V.? I sure hope that’s not true for me!

For there has already been enough time spent in doing the will of the pagans: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry. (1 Peter 4:3 CSB)

See what is this verse saying? Basically, it is saying, “You’ve wasted enough time!” OK, so you may not be engaged in the activities listed in this verse, but the principle remains, don’t waste your life. Life is way to short to waste time on fruitless activity. Let’s make it our ambition that we will not spend one more purposeless, unintentionally lived, wasted moment. Let’s live with laser-like focus, assuring that every moment is purposefully invested into making an impact on eternity for the glory of God.

Soli Deo Gloria


Next:  (55) Making a Time Investment