Living in View of Eternity

How's your eyesight, your spiritual eyesight that is? We can have perfect 20/20 vision and still not see everything we need to see spiritually. Sometimes we get focused on our daily lives, the problems, the struggles and the successes of this world and live with an exclusively earthly vision when God has called us to live our lives in view of eternity, asking ourselves, what really matters?

What Does God Say?

"The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone, 'Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?' So the people came streaming from the village to see him.
"Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, 'Rabbi, eat something.'
"But Jesus replied, 'I have a kind of food you know nothing about'" (John 4:28-32, NLT).
What were the disciples thinking about?
What was Jesus thinking about?
What happened as a result of Jesus taking the time to talk to the Samaritan woman?

My Thoughts

Because Jesus took the time to meet the need of an immoral woman, who was not even a Jewess but part of a nation shunned by the Jews, a great many people heard about Him and came to see Him. Jesus lived in view of eternity. He lived his life on earth focusing on what really mattered--and what mattered most at that moment was not Jesus' need for physical food (Although that's what the disciples were thinking about.) His eternal view required Him to meet the needs of the woman. Imagine the kind of impact we could have if we did the same

Ask yourself:

Do I take time to look around and see the needs of others?
If I don't, how can I slow down enough to become aware of other peoples' needs?

My Part

A lot of us have appointment books and electronic calendars. We map out our schedules, and we like to stick to them. In fact, our lives seem to run more smoothly if we do stay in a routine. But a problem occurs when we've scheduled our lives so closely that we don't see another person who needs a little encouragement or a helping hand. Today think about those around you. Who is in need? Who can you help? Pray that God will give you a vision like His--to see the needs of others. In the end, that's what really matters.

What Does God Say?

My Thoughts

My Part