A few months ago someone in our church
said something like, “I'm starting to wonder what God is preparing
me for, I'm getting old.” Meaning that they don't feel they have
accomplished a specific great work for God and they don't foresee
that great work in their future.
Well, I think sometimes God does have a
particular “great work” he is preparing us for, that he uses all
other happenings in our life to prepare us for and causes all things
to work together in such a way that we are “at the right place, at
the right time” and have been prepared perfectly for just that
situation, to accomplish that specific grand work.
But sometimes I think God “just”
uses this life to prepare us for our life in Heaven, that in some
lives there are no “great works” but just little, simple ones (in
man's terms) that still have eternal significance, that still echo
beyond time. And I think such a life is more than okay, for this life
pales in significance, is a “mere breath” when compared to the
Life that is to come. So all our preparation, even if it accomplishes
nothing of grand significance while we are here, is no less
important, indeed is even more important, than a preparation which
prepares us for anything here, no matter how grand.
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