Here and Now!

I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for all of you. This age continues until all these things take place. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out. Matthew 24:34‭-‬35 MSG

I assure you and most solemnly say to you, this generation [the people living when these signs and events begin] will not pass away until all these things take place. Heaven and earth [as now known] will pass away, but My words will not pass away. MATTHEW 24:34 -35 AMP

As God gives me grace to live from day to day, I am reminded of my earthly residency status and the inevitability of my eternal residence. I am constantly reminded of the futility of power, position, privilege and prominence. It does not matter what the world tells me or how it seeks to convince me that wealth matters and makes you a force to be reckoned with; realities have shown that the argument is baseless.

In light of the above, what do I do? How do I live? Do I fold my hands and do nothing, or do I just keep doing what I know best and how I know best? Today's extract underlines a key focus for us, and should serve as a guide to us: nothing you do here is in vain, but is a preparation for your eternal dwelling. Everything you engage in here is a seed that will  bear fruit eventually. As I observe all the things happening around me, I realise they were spoken of long before this generation. As far back as Jeremiah, Daniel and other prophets, God had always established the fact that nothing down here would last in eternity.

In the here and the now, what do I do? I must live daily in preparation for eternal tomorrow. I must work hard, conscious of the fact that life now is a preparation for life hereafter. I must not be so heaven- conscious that I am earthly irrelevant. I must work hard but note that my work must be one inspired by and will be blessed by God. I must plan for the eternal future, whilst taking care of the present. It is a balance I must seek and maintain.

May I not get to the end of my life to discover that I had focused on the wrong things and prepared nothing for my eternal dwelling. May I not be applauded here on earth for impact, while heaven does not know me as God's own. His time of favour is here.