Garth Heckman
The David Alliance
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Paul says,
“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen… what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:18)
* Feelings are real—but they aren’t final.
HOWEVER
* God’s promises are unseen—but they are eternal.
**Eternal thinking stabilizes emotional living.**
Maybe the best question we can ask when at the crossroads of a decision is this “what is the eternal consequence of this?”
**The old saying “if consequences were immediate there would be very few bad decisions”.
One donut, 200 pounds
One cigarette, cancer
One charge, in debt beyond control
One quiet time skipped, backslidden
One temper tantrum, in prison
One drink, alcoholism
One drug, addiction
WARNING: The eternal is not immediate but the consequences are!
2 Your Life Is Short,
But It Is Not Small
**Scripture:** Psalm 90:12
Moses says, “Teach us to number our days.”
Not to depress us—but to **focus us**.
22,116 days… that is how many days I have been alive!
So realistically I only have about 11K days left to live.
The Bible says life is:
* a mist
* a vapor
* a breath
But it never says life is meaningless.
Illustration: The Dash on the Tombstone
On every gravestone there’s a birth date, a death date, and a dash in between.
That dash represents:
* your choices
* your faithfulness
* your obedience
THAT DASH EQUALS THE AMOUNT OF ETERNITY YOU HAVE SOWN YOUR LIFE INTO.
Short doesn’t mean insignificant.
Application:
* Ordinary obedience has eternal weight.
**A short life lived for God becomes a long story in eternity.**
