Coming back to work after an awesome three week holiday with the family, I'm hit with the feeling that much of our employment really never changes much, and its a tad depressing. I am so glad that I know that this really is not all there is. My motivation is not to pass the day so that I can return to do the same activity tomorrow but as Paul says in Philippians 3 v14 "I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus".
My motivation is Christ and the goal He has promised us. Many do not understand or grasp what this means, but I take comfort in the fact that this is not some new phenomenon and Paul has told us about this. Philippians 3 v 18 "For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body". Therefore I strive to keep my trajectory and mind on heavenly things. In attempting to do this, all the stress and things which depress really lose significance.
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