The Psalm writer Ethan prayed… “Lord, remember how short my time is!” (Ps. 89:47). He struggled with the brevity of life, for after all, 70 years is humanity’s average lifespan. It’s not long, but long enough to make our choice for eternity. That’s the purpose.
In the Apostle Paul’s day, just a few years before Jerusalem was sacked by the Romans, he wrote the Believers of Corinth and said in essence… “Don’t let possessions of this world determine your happiness or sadness, for everything as you know it is passing away” (2 Cor. 7:29-31). And it was. Within a few short years, those who heeded Jesus’ prophecy were running for their lives with nothing but clothes on their backs and their children in their arms. We too are reminded to live like we’re leaving soon.
While Paul was on his missionary journeys, he wrote the Thessalonians whom he loved dearly, and told them how he felt the pain of distance… “Brethren, we have been taken from you (orphaned) for a short time in presence, not in heart, and we endeavor all the more abundantly to see your face with great desire!” (1 Thessalonians 2:17). The Lord gave me this verse when my Dad went Home to Heaven. He reminded me that our separation from those we love is actually short in the big picture. What a comfort – whether they live across the world or wait for us in Heaven.
It’s us who need reminders that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and that sharing Christ’s glory is eternal. It will be so wonderful and healing to see Jesus, that past hurts “shall not be remembered, nor come to mind.”
Dear family, “Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not delay.”
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