James 4:13-14 (NKJV) 13 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.
Have you ever seen a shooting star?
I spend a lot of time on the water during the summer months, and I have gotten to see some incredibly beautiful shooting stars.
No matter how incredibly bright some of them are, they are literally only visible for a split second or two; here and gone almost instantly.
This is a great representation of our lives here on earth. We are here and gone before we even realize it.
Yes, 70 years is a lot longer than the life of a meteor. There’s no doubt about it.
But if we look at our lives compared to the grand scheme of things, those 70 or so years can seem pretty insignificant. And as such, we are no more than a shooting star flashing across the sky for a split second, and then we are gone.
Over my lifetime, there have been a few shooting stars that I have seen that have stood out. They are still very vivid in my memory.
Why? Because they were brighter or more brilliant than others. They left an indelible impression in my mind.
Our goal in our life as a believer should be to leave a lasting impression on the hearts and minds of those around us, shining God’s light to them in the things we do and the things we say, just like those shooting stars that we remember for a lifetime.
Maybe it will be words of encouragement or words of hope. Maybe it will be words of correction, spoken in love. Maybe it will simply be a listening ear that we give to someone who needs to talk.
Maybe it will be time that we took to help someone in need. Maybe it will be something that we gave to someone who was lacking.
Whatever it might be, let it be something that we do or say with the love of God in our hearts. Let our motives be pure. And let God be at the forefront of it all, giving Him the glory for it.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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