Somebody has once said, “Failure is finding out at the end of your life that the things you put your efforts into really didn’t matter.” As you examine where you spent your time and efforts last week, how much of this time and effort will affect eternity and how much was spent on things that have no lasting value? If you were to look at your checkbook or account online, how much have you spent on things of little importance and how much was spent on providing eternal value?
Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man’s heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.” God has put eternity into our hearts so that we would desire the things of eternal value. Focus on these things and you will find joy and peace. Failure to seek eternal value will lead us into frustration and hopelessness. If we seek the things with eternal value, we will look back at our lives with satisfaction and joy at the value of what we sought and did in God’s name.
Reluctant Retiree 