Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow. ~ Psalm 144:4
Every time I fly over a large body of water, I imagine opening the window of the
jet and pouring out my coffee into the immense body of water below. I imagine
the time that I spend on this earth compared to eternity is no more than that
cup of coffee. The incredible size of the ocean compared to one small cup of
coffee is what our life is like compared to eternity. Why then do we invest so
much in temporal pursuits when we know that our investment here can have so much
impact on our eternity? It is the great paradox of human behavior, especially
for Christians.
Does your business life have an overall ministry objective to it? This does not
mean we must be constantly involved in "Christian activity." It only means that
we should be about what God has called us to do with the motive of being
obedient to this mission. Do not let the worries and cares of this life keep you
from having an eternal impact on the lives of those you meet each day. Satan has
a way of keeping our focus on the problems of today rather than the spiritual
opportunities before us. He is master of the urgent, not the important.
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give
yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in
the Lord is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58).
Excerpted with permission from the book TGIF Today God Is First, by Os Hillman,
copyright 2000, Destiny Image Publishers, Reprinted by permission. For free
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