Time is flying by, days are going by, months
and years.
The question is what are we doing with the
months and years and life that we have?
What are you doing with the precious resources,
opportunities, and life and vitality that
is within you?
Are you awakened to the life God has destined
for you?
Because at some point in your life, whether
you’re old or young, you want to know that
I left a legacy, I did something that mattered
in this life, and people are going to talk
about me long after I’m dead.
I’m going to do something that outlasts
my life, that goes beyond the grave.
So what are you living for?
Temporary significance or eternal significance?
I mean we have to ask ourselves, “what lasts?
What has significance?
What has ultimate meaning?”
Are you living for things that are temporary
or things that are permanent?
Because the only king and the kingdom that
will last forever is Jesus and the kingdom
of God.
Is time permanent?
Is anything permanent?
Does anything last forever?
Do you last forever?
Does time have an ending?
It’s all heading somewhere right?
We know time has an ending.
So if time has an ending, do you have an ending?
Have you thought about that?
Are you permanent?
See heroes, saints, popes, crusaders, empires,
they all have an ending.
They come and they go.
They come and they go.
Kings, Queens, Kingdoms, Presidents, and Emperors,
they come and they go.
Even in this small city in Italy, these monuments,
these gravesites, these huge churches, they
were once these incredible sights to behold
at the time, but now, nobody’s even here
as you can see.
Isn’t there something inside of you that
wants to be remembered for more than just
a monument, just a big tomb, just a big gravesite,
I mean I want my life to have eternal significance,
how about you?
I want to live for what really matters.
Do we even remember the kings of the past?
Who cares right?
We don’t even remember and if we do we read
about the stories, and they are incredible
stories that we read about but do they really
have an impact on generations to come?
Like the waves, the civilizations and the
empires, they come and go, just like you,
your life, you will come and go.
Or just like any celebrity m, they come and
go.
No one really cares about the ones who were
famous 50 years ago.
No one even cares about who won the World
Cup 10 years ago or who won the Super Bowl
10 years ago...everything has its time and
place.
Everything rises and falls, everything is
temporary.
So the celebrities of today, the athletes
of today, they will all eventually fade away
and be forgotten about but the glory of God
never fades, the kingdom of God never goes
away.
So what about you?
You’re gonna come and you’re going to
go.
Will you be remembered?
Will the impact of your life go beyond your
life?
What are you doing with the precious gift
of life that you have?
What are you doing with the precious opportunities,
resources, time, and talents that you have?
Are you actually using them to their full
potential?
Jesus told his followers that loving God with
all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and
loving our neighbor as ourselves are the most
important things in this world.
So if God and people are what ultimately matter
the most in light of eternity, shouldn’t
that be what matters the most to you right
here and right now?
So what are you living for?
The kingdoms of this world and the empires
of this world, they’re all going to fade
away and die and be done with?
Or are you living for the One True God and
his Kingdom in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,
the one kingdom that will last forever?
