A Time for Perspective – What do you want people to remember about you?
Cross or Crown
We spend much of life thinking about things that seem enormously important right now—career, family, money, sports, health, technology, entertainment, even the latest news. Many are wonderful gifts from God. Yet even good gifts can quietly become more important to us than the Giver. Our Bible study asks us to view life from the perspective of eternity. Peter struggled with perspective too. When Jesus explained that he would suffer, die, and rise again, Peter actually rebuked him. Peter saw suffering and wanted it stopped. Jesus saw the cross and knew it was necessary for our salvation. Jesus later asked a question that puts everything into perspective: “What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?”
Your God My God
Consider Ruth. She could have returned home to Moab, but instead she remained with Naomi and confessed, “Your people will be my people and your God my God.” At the time, Ruth couldn’t have known how God would use that decision. Eventually she became the great-grandmother of King David—and part of the family line through which God brought our Savior into the world. Most of our lives won’t look impressive by worldly standards. But an eternal perspective changes how we evaluate a life well lived. Encouraging a child, greeting someone at church, visiting the sick, sending a card, listening to someone who is hurting, or simply helping when help is needed may seem like little things. Connected to Jesus, they aren’t little at all.
So perhaps the better question isn’t, “Will people remember me?” It’s “Was I connected to Jesus?” In the end, there is no greater legacy than hearing our Savior say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Want to hear more? Watch this week’s study from our stewardship series on time, A Time for Perspective.
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