When we understand that our life has an eternal purpose, our perspective of it changes completely. We stop worrying about the temporary, the material, the earthly and we begin to set our sights on what has a true meaning: eternity. When we study the Bible we see that the great men and women who were called by God understood the meaning of their lives, they left everything in this world to start walking towards the true plan that God had for them and even many years later their lives are remembered for having had an eternal purpose.
In our life we prepare for everything; we prepare to be professionals, for a job, to start a business, for marriage and family, but very rarely do we prepare for eternity, which is the most important thing. Our life should not focus only on doing and having but on being. God longs for us to discover who we are in Him and what we were created for according to His purpose.
“For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.” (1 John 2:16-17 NLT)
Let’s start walking towards the eternal, knowing that everything we do on this earth will be reflected in eternity. This is how we will understand that each stage, each test, each change in our life is aligned to the Divine Plan and we can overcome it with joy and faith in the Father, knowing that we are part of something that goes beyond what we are now living. The time will come when we will see those promises in our lives, not only passing things of the world, but eternal blessings that will transcend.
“For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! 18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.» (2 Corinthians 44:17-18 NLT)
