Epiphany

I heard an interesting comment from a fellow (thanks, Andy!) at our Wed Morning Bible Study. We're currently studying Romans, which, throughout the entire letter, references what is to come. Andy brought up a concept that's common in the military, having to do with "short-timers."

It goes like this - ask someone on a remote tour, or, what's common now, deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, when they are due to "rotate" back to real life. They are likely to tell you "...XX days (or months) and a Wake up!" Of course this means that they are counting the days until they leave. The "wake up" refers to the day they actually get to leave whatever duty they are enduring to return to their families. For many, their service is an interruption to their "real" vocation in life.

The epiphany is THIS! We are enduring a life that's full of temptations, trials, hurts, losses, etc, that seems to go on forever. What we see in the short term is not how God views it. Being here IS NOT our calling! We're here on earth to serve Him through various ministries, using whatever talents and resources He's loaned to us for our limited time here. Face it ~ even if we live to be 100, it's still puny when compared with ETERNITY! We are called to praise God, and He wants us to do it in his presence - FOREVER!

OK, we're here for XX years and a Wake up! We'll wake up in the presence of God. Does that change anything you might do or think or say? "O Grave, where is thy victory? O Death, where is thy Sting?"

How's that for making your day!