Weight and Counter Weight

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.