One day at a time

James 4:13-14   Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

At this stage in my life, I am at a place in my life I never could have possibly imagined being. When my dad started our HVAC company over 20 years ago, I had dreams of building that company to sell as an early retirement to “enjoy” life. God reached out and got ahold of my heart and life almost 10 years ago; He gave me an eternal focus and security, and my plans changed. That company that was once a huge asset, is now just a job that just puts bread on the table. The plans of early retirement have faded, and now my only focus is to remain in the center of God’s Will for my life each day. My responsibilities in life have changed, my focus in life has changed; I now seek to draw closer each day with my Savior and to spread the Good News about him to all that will listen. He has prepared their hearts, I am just a messenger that seeks to share the eternal hope and security that lies in faith in Jesus Christ; this hope will not fade as everything in this world will one day. Matthew 6:9 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

I see so many that pursue nothing but gain measured by worldly standards. I see so many that pursue the stuff that only brings temporal pleasure; it hides deeper pain that soon resurfaces that brings the need for something new to start the cycle again. There is nothing in this world that will ever fill the void in your heart except eternal security in Jesus Christ. Everything you are working so hard for is trying to fill a bottomless pit. The pit has no need to be filled; lay the Cross over it and walk into eternity and live your life for the One who gave paradise to you. When you truly get that understanding; when you truly not only claim Jesus Christ as your savior  but as your Lord, your life and your views of it will change. You will see how all of your life is woven with Christ; you are, and you have, nothing without him. You too will seek to draw closer and closer to him each day. John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. Look so deep into eternity that you are only focused on today.