Age is just a number, until its NOT! I have currently lived 29,200 days; 4,160 weeks and 960 months! Probably 20 years of that was sleeping; 30 years of work; 17 years of screens/pixels; 3 years getting ready in the morning; 2 years doing laundry and 79 days of brushing my teeth! With eternity in full view, the brevity of life glaring me in the face (and everywhere else), time needs to be treasured and there is no stopping the clock…
I ask myself, “Is what I am doing worth dying for?”
If not, it is not worth living for?
We are called to live a “supernatural life”. We do NOT have the power in ourselves to live it! We need divine power. That gift of power is given when we exchange it in unconditional surrender. My life purpose is not seeking a ministry but anticipating the fruit of a disciplined life. In my early Christian life, I was introduced to the “terms of discipleship” and it changed everything. A mortal (body) life will end, but an eternal life lives forever.
We are to be stewards of the mysteries of God and each “man’s work will become evident and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor”. (I Cor. 3: 5-16) What opportunities has God recently given me to serve Him? What earthly things take the majority of my mental energy in this season of life? Keeping eternity in view and our responsibility for an obedient life makes us wise and ready…
Where do you see yourself in the scheme of age and mortality?
The edge of eternity is closer than you think…
“…For what is your life, it is a vapor, that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.”
Is what I am giving my time and attention to, given with eternity in full view? Are my priorities temporal or eternal-focused? Sacrificing the permanent on the altar of the immediate will end in a futile life span.
Being wise with HIS time and numbering our days, will give us a future and hope…
both now and in the time to come…
Let’s make this New Year 2023 the best one yet!
Ralph and I…New Years Eve 2022
~Jackie Johnson - I am a former tribal missionary to the Kuna Indians on the Colombian border in Central America. Fluent in several languages, my husband and I currently pastor a Spanish-speaking church in Southern California. My passion is mentoring and equipping dedicated young women for life, marriage, motherhood, and beyond. I am the mother of two daughters and the grandmother of three Princesses and four young Knights.
