I have seen the business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. - Ecclesiastes 3:10-11
I'm 22 years old, getting ready to graduate college in a few months. I should have graduated a year ago, but life throws you curves. I'm terribly impatient, and this short time until graduation feels like eternity. Time is powerful, and impossible to control. I am striving to keep a positive perspective and make the most of my time on this planet we call earth.
There are so many times when I want to pout about my current circumstances. Immediately, however, I am stunned by my lack of perspective. Do I have food? Do I have clothes and a roof over my head? Thanks to my loving parents, yes and yes. Why then, do I rob the joy of living with more than enough food and drink to take pleasure in? Time will tell that there is nothing better for me than to be joyful and to do good as long as I live. No matter what my current state is, even in poverty. Now this is tricky...what if I didn't have food and drink to enjoy? Well hopefully there would be people who would be willing to share and do good, but do I really need that joyful giver's food and drink in the end? No, what I need ultimately in the end is that joy with which they possess.
This is why Jesus says "I am the Living Water, and the Bread of Life." Jesus had an eternal perspective. We should too. Because if we do, we will enjoy the blessings in this life and set our hearts on eternal life through God's grace, in His time. And His timing is perfect, so God help me to remain on your schedule!
I'm 22 years old, getting ready to graduate college in a few months. I should have graduated a year ago, but life throws you curves. I'm terribly impatient, and this short time until graduation feels like eternity. Time is powerful, and impossible to control. I am striving to keep a positive perspective and make the most of my time on this planet we call earth.
There are so many times when I want to pout about my current circumstances. Immediately, however, I am stunned by my lack of perspective. Do I have food? Do I have clothes and a roof over my head? Thanks to my loving parents, yes and yes. Why then, do I rob the joy of living with more than enough food and drink to take pleasure in? Time will tell that there is nothing better for me than to be joyful and to do good as long as I live. No matter what my current state is, even in poverty. Now this is tricky...what if I didn't have food and drink to enjoy? Well hopefully there would be people who would be willing to share and do good, but do I really need that joyful giver's food and drink in the end? No, what I need ultimately in the end is that joy with which they possess.
This is why Jesus says "I am the Living Water, and the Bread of Life." Jesus had an eternal perspective. We should too. Because if we do, we will enjoy the blessings in this life and set our hearts on eternal life through God's grace, in His time. And His timing is perfect, so God help me to remain on your schedule!
