The week between Christmas and New Years is, as I suspect for many, a time that I try to stop and reflect on the old year and look ahead at the new. Looking back, the past year always has it's triumphs and it's hardships. That's just life. But as I get older, I am struck by the fact that my "New Years" are running out. There is a collision coming between my next heartbeat and my last breath. That might come today, or in 40 years, but it is indeed coming. As I thought about this, I pictured standing in eternity and looking back. Because I tend to look at my life as the many things I want to be and do, with eternity as a footnote. I should be looking at eternity as the reality, with my current life as a footnote. That is so difficult because this fleeting, temporary life is so close to my eyes that it blocks my vision.
My prayer for the New Year is that my goals would be less and less about losing weight, eating more healthy, accomplishing projects on the house, etc, etc, and more about clarity of sight regarding eternity.
One of the verses I have come to love is in Exodus 33:13. "If I have found favor in your eyes, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you." Unless God softens my heart and changes me deep inside, I will not even desire to know Him. It is humbling to me, because I know that I don't deserve even that.
So happy New Years, and may it be one in which you join me in striving to see that eternity is what matters, and not a single thing that seems to be so important right now. Whether it be in joy or crushing pain, I serve a sovereign God that I can trust to be faithful.
Ken
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