Imagine that a string is stretched the length of Carter Finley stadium in Raleigh NC. And then imagine that the string continues to New York City and then across the Atlantic to Europe and then to Asia and to then San Francisco and finally back back to Raleigh. Continuing to imagine, suppose the string stretched around the world an additional infinite number of times.
Now, compare the length of the string with the width of your little finger. Your little finger represents our expected 82 years of life on this earth and the string represents the length of eternity.
God created us with a focus on the string. Even Maslow (Pyramid of Needs) admitted in his last final book, that ultimate satisfaction comes from out side ourselves.
The question: are you living your life focused on the string, or are you nearsighted and can only see the width of your Little finger?
Instead of living a life focused on eternity, most of us spend our time worrying about our little finger while ignoring the the string. We worry about our work, children, politics, health, money and a myriad of other things that are really inconsequential ......compared to the string. Compared to eternity.
Listen to Solomon in Ecclesiastes 3:11. Each of us was created with a longing for eternity – a longing for something outside
ourselves – something that transcends this life. That something is God. A personal relation with God as Father.
I have been in every state in the U.S. except
Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. I have visited 14 foreign countries and 95
churches throughout the world. I have witnessed this yearning for something outside of ourselves everywhere I go . . . from the poorest Gypsy
in Romania to a billionaire in Texas.
When we focus on eternity we should seek the glory of God. No exceptions. A relationship
with God who is above everything he created but who sent His son to dwell among
us and to take our sins upon himself so that by believing in Him and committing
to follow Him, we can have a daily, eternal relationship with our creator and
the sustainer of the entire universe.
God in his infinite wisdom allows us focus on my little finger, which is a focus on me,
my,…self. or to focus on the
string. . .glorifying and worshipping God by accepting Jesus as savior and as
LORD – which means that I will be the hands and feet of Jesus in this world
and forever.
I have chosen the string, which
makes living a joy and provides the hope for a glorious eternity with God.
