"O Lord, by Your hand save me from such men, from men of this world
whose reward is in this life...." - Psalm 17:14
Whenever I travel over the ocean, I
am always reminded of the seemingly insignificant time we have on this earth. I
often imagine dropping a glass of water out the window of the jet into the huge
body of water below. The Lord then reminds me that this is how my life is
compared to eternity - a mere drop in the ocean.
Yet, every day millions of people
will go to work seeking to gain that elusive thing called success. The rewards
of this life continue to provide the incentive for 60-hour weeks or the extra
weekend away from the family. Sometimes we get entrenched in the message of the
world. This message is an appealing, seductive call to sell out eternity for
the temporal.
As a Christian businessman, I fell
for this for many years until the Lord allowed me to wake up. It took some
severe wake-up calls, but they did their job. I'm so grateful the Lord cares
enough to give us these wake-up calls. He knows what real life is about. We
think we know what it is, only to learn once again that real life is only in
what is built on eternity. How does this verse line up with where you are
today? Are you building around a world whose reward is in this lifetime, or an
eternal one? Do those with whom you associate live in such a way that they
demonstrate their reward is not concerning this life? Jesus said to seek first
His Kingdom and all these things will be added. Amen.
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