“So fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
In life, we
are usually drawn to the temporary things because we feel like; it’s what we need
in order to make it in this world. But little do we know that, this world is
not our home therefore everything in it is not ours to own as well. I usually
say to myself I need money or an education to survive but someone once told me,
the people who have all that you want, aren’t they miserable? This is true,
even those things that “we thing we need” won’t satisfy us when they arrive. A
while, I begun to job hunt and I got this great opportunity to start working, I
had desperately been looking for a job and I was sure that once it came through
nothing would make me happier and that all my worries and complaints would be
put to rest. After a while into the job, I started complaining of how I didn’t
like it, how I’d prefer to stay home instead. We as human beings are never
satisfied with what we have, even if they came when we desperately needed them,
the joy of having them disappears after a while. The reason to why this happens
is because everything around us is temporary. Everything we have possessed here
on earth is not ours.
Our identity
is in eternity, and our home is in heaven. If we understand the truth to this,
we will stop worrying about having it all on earth. We often worry about having it all,
education, jobs, etc but we don’t realize all these things just fade and
shatter. God wants us to treat all these things of this world as temporary
riches and this does not only work for possession but also trials,
disappointments and defeats from this world for the reward is eternity. Even
while Jesus was here on earth he experienced all of these things because this
wasn’t his home. Once we realize that life here on earth is just temporary, we
will learn to detach ourselves from it but instead keep our eyes on he, who is
greater.
How factors of a temporary life
should change us:
Knowing that
life and all that’s in it is temporary will change our perspective on life and
how we live it every day. The first step is to understand and accept the truth
of this matter and from there everything will be clear and it will make a lot
of sense as to why things happen the way they do. I have developed an attitude
of letting go though some people will considered it “losing hope” it’s not. I
have understood and I pray that some day they will understand as well. Not only
is it an act of trusting in God but it’s very healthy for our souls, in a way
that I no longer worry or feel scared of what’s going to happen in the future,
the bible says, (Matthew 6:34, so do not worry about tomorrow;
it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles
each day brings.)
So
with that being said, the changes we need to make in our lives are our day to
day tactics of how to go about a situation that crosses our paths. Be positive
and begin to see events that happen to you in a different light. Bad things can
be seen as blessings and learning experiences. In fact, you become abundantly
prosperous because what you saw as trivial, meaningless or burdensome have now
turned into rich experiences. Walk with the lord daily and let him change you.
