The
Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
notes by Pat Krabacher
6. Life is a temporary assignment
A. Lord, remind me
how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my
days are numbered, that my life is fleeing away.
Ps 39:4 (NLT)
I am here on earth
for just a little while.
Ps 119:19 (TEV)
B. First, compared
with eternity, life is extremely brief.
Second, earth is
only a temporary residence.
You won’t be here
long, so don’t get too attached period.
Ask God to help
you see life on earth as He sees it.
Repeatedly the Bible
compares life on earth to temporarily living in a foreign country.
THIS IS NOT YOUR
PERMANENT HOME OR YOUR FINAL DESTINATION.
You are passing
through just visiting earth.
The Bible uses terms
like alien, pilgrim, foreigner, stranger, visitor,
and traveler to
describe our brief stay on earth.
Your identity is
in eternity, and your homeland is heaven.
When you grasp this
truth, you will stop worrying about “having it all” on earth.
God is very blunt
about the danger of living for the here and now and
adopting the values,
priorities, and lifestyles of the world around us.
The Bible says, “We
are Christ’s ambassadors”.
Sadly, many Christians
have betrayed their King and His kingdom.
They have foolishly
concluded that because they live on earth, it’s their home.
It is not.
Only as we remember
that life is a test, a trust, and a temporary assignment
will the appeal
of these things loose their grip on our lives.
We are preparing
for something even better.
C. Point to Ponder:
The world is not
my home.
Verse to remember:
So we fix our eyes
not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For what is seen
is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Cor 4:18 (NIV)
Question to Consider:
How should the fact
that life on earth is just a temporary assignment change the way I am living
right now?
Please
feel free to post your comments about this
chapter
on the NCCoB PDL Forum for discussion.
Use
the link below:
