Eyes On The Prize - Tuesday Praise & Pray (for others) September 20, 2022

1 John 2:24-25 - As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. And this is what he promised us—eternal life.

We wake up each day and are faced with a long list of tasks. Get to work. Finish those reports. Buy groceries. Pay bills. The list goes on and on. These everyday demands not only take up most of our focus during the daytime, we're also preoccupied with them when we're supposed to be sleeping. And when our lives get like this, our prayer points start to take on a certain tenor - God, I need... Lord, bless me with...Father, give me and mine...

There's nothing wrong with asking the King of kings to help with the issues we face each day. After all, He has called us to cast our burdens onto Him (Psalm 55:22). However, we need to strive for a relationship with God that doesn't just focus on problems. Even with the issues we have to overcome, we still have to train our gaze on the promise of eternal life with the Lord.

Our everyday challenges and tasks are far from irrelevant. For instance, we can't just sit in a corner and say, "I'm not going to work because it's not as important as the goal of eternal life." That attitude would contravene the teaching in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 - ...“The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” God does not reward the lazy. Nevertheless, we must build time into our daily life that allows us to build a strong relationship with the one who granted us our eternal inheritance. It also means that as we go through the motions of each day, we must do so knowing that this world is not our final destination (Hebrews 13:14).

Therefore, let us live with heaven in mind and make choices that will increase the chance of getting there. Choices that honor God and display love to others, for instance. This could mean giving the elderly man our seat on a train in accordance with Leviticus 19:32 or assisting a blind person safely across the street (Deuteronomy 27:18). Another choice is to do our job well at our work place because Colossians 3:23 tells us, Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.

We live in bodies that will one day return to dust. Our souls, on the other hand, were created for an eternity. As we wake up each day, we have a choice as to where that eternity shall be spent - heaven or hell. May we never lose sight of the need to get to heaven. May we make choices that bring us closer to the place the Lord has prepared for us to enjoy eternal life. May the Lord help us get there because we have received salvation because of His grace, IJMN, Amen.

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