What gets you going each morning? What keeps you going throughout the day? Is it your drive to succeed? How about an urge to make a lot of money? Perhaps you are an artist and the desire to create drives your internal engine. Maybe it’s only the coffee that moves you because nothing else does.
If it is something temporal like money or fame, I have bad news for you. Temporal things do not last and cannot satisfy. We have to look beyond selfish concerns to find real satisfaction and eternal benefits.
II Corinthians 4:17-18 says, “For this light momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
Selfish actions and ambitions last only a moment, while selfless love for God and man benefits all for eternity. At the end of each day, we will look back on our self-centered thoughts and actions with regret. But we will find glory in any selfless love that we gave away. It all starts with trusting in the God who gave His only Son so that we might live.
Reluctant Retiree 