As a new believer many years ago I heard that we should live
our daily lives as if Jesus were coming back today, but we should work like we
had another one hundred years. I think
that is still sound advice. We should be
living our personal lives in such a way as to do nothing that would weaken our
conscience so that we have faith to meet the Lord today. Yet, we should be busily engaging life in the
fullest.
Too many believers fail to make a contribution in life and
use as their excuse that they are focusing on heaven rather than earth. When we grasp the truth that each of us is
here on this planet with a purpose, much like the life of our Lord Jesus, we
cannot lean on that kind of thinking.
While we all as believers have heaven as our destination, we are called
by Jesus to “occupy till I come.” That
Greek word for occupy means, “to busy
oneself with; to trade.” That means we
should get up each day with a purpose and plan.
We should be the most energized and productive people around. The reason for our motivation is the reality
that we are here with a divine assignment and commission. We are not motivated primarily by money and
fame. These two things could be used to
increase our productivity while here in this life. Yet, regardless of our success here we never
lose our connection to Him and his divine plan for our future. This eternal perspective keeps us grounded
here. It is like the relationship
between weight and counter weight. The most secure place on the scale is the
center of the balance. Our challenge
is to remain in faith in the Lord and his ongoing plan. Today in this busy, pressurized and practical
life don’t lose the reality that it is only another step in His eternal journey.
