A Split Second for Eternity

When we worry, we convey that our circumstances are more important than God’s command to stay joyful. Worry says that we don’t believe God to be powerful or loving enough to help us in trouble. That we have a certain exception to obey God’s law. Why are we so quick to forget God? Who do we think we are? Even though we glimpse God’s holiness, we are stupid enough to forget his power and think that life is about us. It’s not. We only have a split second of life on earth. I don’t know about you, but I want my split second to be about God. So how does this apply? Get over you! This may sound harsh, but often it’s harsh and equal truths that walk hand in hand. We need to be the thing/person that shows the world that even though we might be going through difficult circumstances, God gives us a perfect peace. A joy that none can destroy. The point of our life is to point to Him. God wants you to glorify Him because it IS all about Him. Life is always fragile. It’s never under control. We can’t control whether others love God, or whether we ourselves or others survive, day after a day. We need to acknowledge our lack of control and reach out for God. We should be thankful that we don’t have control, and the those “fearsome” unknowns, because they make us run to God. In about 50 years after you die, give or take a few decades, nobody will remember you here on earth. Are you ready? You never know when God is going to take your life. At that moment, there is nothing you can do about it. We impact so many people in our life. If we only tried to impact others for Christ once a day, we could be making our name imprinted on other’s lives. We can be so used of God if we let ourselves be. Death is the destiny of everyone. It is good for us to take that to heart while we are still alive. Sadly, most waste their lives. This is not a crushing comment to those who have passed, but a warning to the living. When we reach heaven, we won’t care about having the rep of being “nice” before a holy God. If what we earn on earth is “nice” we will receive an equal reward. Are you worried about serving others too much, and giving too much of your life away? Will you still think that after you’re dead? Of course not. God is everything. Often we only learn about God’s love instead of understanding God’s unlimited love for us by experience. We don’t always truly see the way God’s love really is because we have learned about it so much, which makes us believe we know. Sometimes broken emotions from previous memories can affect our relationship with God. Some hurting parts of our hearts can take other relationships and transfer them to our relationship with our Heavenly Father. Our desire to be with God is what He truly wants from us. If we who are human and sinful can love our children, and family members, how much more can God love us as His own dear children? God doesn’t command us to have our quiet time every single day for an hour; he commands us to love Him with all of our heart and soul and mind. Not by guilt, or plagued by fear of His wrath. He wants us to spend time with Him out of pure love for Him. It seems demeaning to say that God wants more of us, instead of us wanting more of Him, because He is the one who is God. But the truth is, He does want more of us; more time with us, more of our hearts. Like a jealous lover, he wants to be everything to us, with nothing and no one between us. And we cannot even comprehend the greatness of His own love for us.