Most of us have heard the expression: “Only one life will soon be past...only what's done for Christ will last.” The key to understanding that truth is our focus. By that I mean...is our focus truly on eternity or is it on our lives now? The answer to that question will determine how we live our lives...our priorities, our agendas, our goals and aspirations. I think this is where many of us fail. If our focus is on eternal things, the things of our earthly lives will fade...if our focus is on earthly things, eternal realities will fade. Someone has quipped: “He is so heavenly minded, he is of no earthly good.” The more accurate restatement is: “He can only be of earthly good if he is heavenly minded.” Jesus drives home the point continually (Luke 14:25-35)...until we realize the preeminence of the eternal God, we cannot be His disciple...the truth is...we WILL not to be His disciple.

Isn't that the essential issue in being a disciple of Jesus? Do we truly understand the permanence of eternal life with God compared to the fleeting temporal life of what we are trying to build now? How stupid we are! Here's another expression we have heard: “No one trails a U-Haul behind a hearse.” Jesus put it this way: “God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you prepared?' 21 So is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.” (Luke 12:20-21) My prayer for you and me this day is this: Lord, teach us the brevity of our earthly lives but remind us of the importance of building our treasure in heaven...of being eternally minded.

19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21) Amen.

Walk with the King today and be a blessing.