Pursuit of things that ultimately don’t matter
27 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
I got so caught up by earthly things–like projects and getting the ‘rest’ that I needed before the chaos when school reopens–when I realised that I have to be still and know that You are God. I shouldn’t find rest in earthly things but to truly comprehend that my true rest is ultimately in heaven. Obviously, I’m not in heaven. I’m on earth. I shouldn’t be ‘resting’ then because ‘resting’ = wasting time. Wasting time may mean that you’re rotting at home, literally wasting time. But it also can mean that we are spending time on things that we (like to) do but it’s no pleasing in God’s sight/not storing treasures in heaven. That equals to a lesser chance to have fellowship with (God’s) people, continue to commit sins, not being a shining light and a good testimony of God, and most importantly, it may potentially lead to the loss of opportunity to share the good news with people–whether directly or indirectly.
Sure, we can, and should take breaks and have rest because we are still human. We need to fufill our human and physical needs. God has created us this way. But anymore than that, we’re wasting our time.
It’s so easy to go on a journey to pursuit earthly things that ultimately don’t matter to us because it’ll all come down to nothing. It’s so, so hard to not ‘over-rest’. I’m guilty. From now on, I’ll try my best to store treasures in heaven and not on earth. (Matthew 6:19-20)
