Garth Heckman

The David Alliance

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Paul says,

“We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen… what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” (2 Cor. 4:18)

* Feelings are real—but they aren’t final.

HOWEVER

* God’s promises are unseen—but they are eternal.

**Eternal thinking stabilizes emotional living.**

Maybe the best question we can ask when at the crossroads of a decision is this “what is the eternal consequence of this?”

**The old saying “if consequences were immediate there would be very few bad decisions”. 

One donut, 200 pounds

One cigarette, cancer

One charge, in debt beyond control

One quiet time skipped, backslidden

One temper tantrum, in prison

One drink, alcoholism

One drug, addiction 

WARNING: The eternal is not immediate but the consequences are!

2 Your Life Is Short, 

But It Is Not Small

**Scripture:** Psalm 90:12

Moses says, “Teach us to number our days.”

Not to depress us—but to **focus us**.

22,116 days… that is how many days I have been alive! 

So realistically I only have about 11K days left to live. 

The Bible says life is:

* a mist

* a vapor

* a breath

But it never says life is meaningless.

Illustration: The Dash on the Tombstone

On every gravestone there’s a birth date, a death date, and a dash in between.

That dash represents:

* your choices

* your faithfulness

* your obedience

THAT DASH EQUALS THE AMOUNT OF ETERNITY YOU HAVE SOWN YOUR LIFE INTO. 

Short doesn’t mean insignificant.

Application:

* Ordinary obedience has eternal weight.

**A short life lived for God becomes a long story in eternity.**