Here Today...Gone Tomorrow!

Just about one week ago, our area was blanketed with snow—the first significant snow of the season, excluding our freak October snowstorm.  The streets, lawns, trees were beautifully covered in white.  On Sunday, the sun seemed extra bright as it reflected off nature’s blanket of white.  Sure the snow was a bit of a hassle, but like usual it really made things look almost magical.

By Tuesday, however, it was all gone.  A little bit of warmer weather mixed with some rain, quickly washed all the snow away.  What had suddenly come in, was just as suddenly gone.  Like so many things in life,  it was here today and gone tomorrow! 

It’s true, the things of this world are so often here today and gone tomorrow.  Our cars breakdown.   Computers become obsolete.  Clothing either wears out or goes out of style.  Nature takes its toll leaving us with rust spots on our cars, machinery that doesn’t move, holes in our socks—and the list can go on! There’s a good chance that the things we are counting on today will no longer be ours tomorrow. 

That’s why Jesus said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:19-21 – NIV)

Only those things that are part of God’s eternal kingdom will last forever.  That’s why we need to make sure that we are not investing our lives just into the stuff of this world—stuff that is so temporary—but investing into that which is eternal.  That means building a strong relationship with God.  It means doing all we can to share with others his grace and love.  It means giving ourselves to his causes.  And, it means serving others as he would have us serve.   

Like last week’s snowfall, so many things in this world are here today and gone tomorrow.  But that which is part of God’s kingdom is not only here today, but tomorrow…and tomorrow...and tomorrow…!   

Have a great day! 

Pastor Tim Harris