Eternal Perspective
Sometimes working with the poor and broken is tough. How do we give them hope? Somehow we will not alieviate poverty right away for them. In this temporary life not all will be perfect once we become Christ followers.ÂÂ
We live in a time where people are obsessed with looking young until they die, but we still die. Looking at the cosmetics industry it scares me to see all the available lotions and potions! I don’t mind cosmetics, but you have to agree the world has become obsessive. We don’t want to die! Why is this? Because we make to much of this life. We are still the pilgrims that God sent to this world. This is the journey, not the destination.
For the above mentioned problems Christ offered the following:
Eternal bread, eternal streams of water and eternal life. That’s why I say:
Jesus and followers of Jesus look beyond this temporary life, focused on that which lasts eternally.
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This is no reason to be passive about the world, but a great motivation to engage our communities, rich and poor.
Col 3: 1-3 : “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.  2 Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.  3 For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.  4 When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.ÂÂ
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1 Thess 3:18 “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.  17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.  18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.�
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Phil 3: 19-20 : “many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.  19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things.  20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ.�
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43 Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.�     Luk 24
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Jesus speaks about water that quenches our thirst for eternity.
Jesus speaks about bread that feeds us for eternity.
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Scriptures about eternity: Close to 100 in the Bible.
2 Cor 4:16-18 : ‘Paul reminds us of this life’s temporary status!ÂÂ
Questions:
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- What lasts for eternity?
- If you have found the answer for the above, how should this influence the way you invest and manage your time?
- If you start living for eternity today, what is the one thing you need to change so that your life will be in line with you eternal perspective?
 Jesus brings more than temporary relief, there is eternal hope.
March 7th, 2006 at 12:13 am
You always challenge me with your thoughts and questions, Hermann! Thank you.
I hope day by day to living more and more of my life doing only that which will last for eternity. And I don’t see that as some sort of super-spiritual thing. I think its largely about attitude. I go to the same job week in, week out and it’s eternal significance is largely dependent on how I choose to see that job and whether I see it as an opportunity to bring glory to God. My attitude and heart can make the difference between my work being meaningless and having no eternal value and it having immense eternal value. I want to live more and more with an eternal persoective.
By the way, did we say that we’re almost definitely going to be in SA in January 2008? We should plan something!
March 7th, 2006 at 11:36 am
We should definetly get together!
I don’t think Adel and I will make Origins this year. There has just been to much change in our lives and me starting a new business has us living of a tighter budget. Would have loved to meet you there, but maybe next year?
Shalom
November 21st, 2006 at 9:16 pm
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