March 18, 2025 • 17 mins
What would change in your life if you truly lived for eternity? Most of us get caught up in the immediate concerns of daily existence—work deadlines, family worries, health issues, and material possessions. These horizontal aspects of life quickly consume our attention while the vertical dimension—our relationship with God and eternal realities—fades into the background.
The transformative power of an eternal perspective cannot be overstated. Everything shifts when we begin seeing our temporary existence through heaven's lens. As Paul reminds us in Colossians 3, we're called to "seek the things that are above" and set our minds on heavenly realities rather than earthly concerns. This doesn't mean disengaging from our present responsibilities but rather understanding them in the proper context. As dual citizens—belonging to earthly nations and heaven—we navigate this tension daily, recognizing that "our citizenship is in heaven" (Philippians 3:20).
Living with eternity in view reshapes our priorities in profound ways. We begin investing in what truly lasts—relationships, discipleship, and kingdom work—rather than accumulating what moth and rust destroy. Our suffering takes on new meaning as we recognize, with Paul, that these "light, momentary afflictions" are preparing us for an "eternal weight of glory." Even our most difficult trials become endurable when viewed against eternity's backdrop. Perhaps most importantly, an eternal perspective frees us from the tyranny of worldly attachments. Like Moses, who considered "the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt," we can learn to hold loosely what the world values highly. As you listen to this episode, consider: what area of your life needs a perspective shift from the temporary to the eternal? Your answer might change everything.
Please send your questions to questions@pleasinggodpodcast.org and join us in pursuing what lasts forever.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hi and welcome back to the Pleasing God podcast, a
show focused on helpingChristians to think biblically,
engage practically and livefaithfully for the glory of God.
I'm your host, jonathan Soul,and on this episode I want to
talk about living with aneternal perspective.
(00:23):
Let me ask you a question whatwould change in your life if you
truly lived for eternity?
It's so easy in the world thatwe live in to get caught up in
the temporary.
We think about work, worries,our material possessions Some of
(00:44):
this stuff can keep us awake atnight or constantly occupying
our thoughts and driving ouractions and our attitudes.
We might worry about our health, our family members, the
political landscape, all thingsthat are temporary.
But again, it is so easy,because we live in the here and
(01:08):
now, to get caught up in thethings that we see the
horizontal aspects of life andwe forget about the vertical,
about heaven, about eternity,and so the goal of this episode
eternity.
(01:28):
And so the goal of this episodeis that I want to help us to
focus on what truly matters inlight of eternity, and I pray
that you're encouraged.
So what does it mean to livewith an eternal perspective?
What does that look like in ourlives?
Well, an eternal perspectivemeans that we are seeing life in
the immediate, in the temporary, through the lens of eternity.
(01:51):
In Colossians 3, paul says if,then, you have been raised with
Christ, seek the things that areabove, where Christ is seated
at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on the thingsthat are above, not on the
things of earth.
And so here Paul's call is,because you are a Christian,
because you have been raisedwith Christ kind of a picture of
(02:13):
our baptism being raised upwith him we are to seek the
things that are above, where heis at the right hand of God.
So we're talking about heavenlythings.
So our perspective we shouldsee all of life through the hand
of God.
So we're talking about heavenlythings.
So our perspective we shouldsee all of life through the lens
of eternity.
Well, this also means that weneed to understand that this
(02:35):
world is not our home.
It is, in a sense, our home,but it is not our eternal home,
it is not our forever home, andwe should think of ourselves as
Christians, as dual citizensWhile we are citizens of, maybe,
the nation that we belong to,we are also citizens of heaven,
and this is important to help usnot get caught up so much in
(02:57):
the temporal, but also torecognize our eternal home.
Philippians, chapter 3, verse20, reads but our citizenship is
in heaven, and from it we awaita Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ
.
Now, paul writing to thePhilippians he's writing to an
old Roman outpost where manyretired Roman soldiers would go
(03:21):
into their retirement, and sothey were very understanding of
what it means to be a citizen,what it means to care for your
state, your nation, and he'stelling them that, listen, our
primary citizenship is one inheaven, not on earth.
(03:42):
Hebrews, chapter 13,.
Not on earth.
Hebrews, chapter 13, verse 14tells us for here we have no
lasting city, but we seek thecity that is to come.
This is so important.
When we get caught up so muchwith the horizontal, our kind of
view of where we live, ourcitizenship here and there, and
(04:06):
at the expense of our eternal,we get things out of whack.
We are not living with aneternal perspective.
If we are living for this lifeonly, our citizenship is in
heaven.
Here we have no lasting city.
Also, to live with an eternalperspective means that we
recognize the brevity of lifecompared to eternity.
(04:30):
What is your life but a vapor?
It's here one day and gonetomorrow.
So when we think this way, wesee things through the lens of
eternity, we understand thatthis place is not our home and
life is short compared toeternity.
This helps to shape and fashionus to think and to live with an
(04:51):
eternal perspective.
So, with this perspective, howdoes this transform us for
everyday life?
Well, let me give you a fewthings.
I think that thinking with aneternal perspective, living with
an eternal perspective, helpsus prioritize God's kingdom,
where we invest in the thingsthat matter.
(05:12):
Jesus, in the Sermon on theMount in Matthew, chapter 6,
verses 19 through 21, says Donot lay up for yourselves
treasure on earth, where mothand rust destroy, where thieves
break in and steal, but lay upfor yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust donot destroy and thieves do not
break in and steal.
For where your treasure is,there your heart will be also.
(05:34):
And here Jesus is saying do notmake that.
Your treasure is that which youvalue.
Do not make your supreme valuesthe things on earth, the things
that can be stolen, the thingsthat fall apart, the garments
that you know moth destroys andthey become worthless.
None of that stuff lasts.
(05:56):
So the things that we are tovalue are the treasures in
heaven.
Well, what are those?
These are the rewards forrighteous deeds, for faithful
living, for obedience, and whenwe prioritize God's kingdom
through serving him, sharing thegospel, loving our neighbors,
loving God, we are storing forourselves those treasures in
(06:18):
heaven.
So we prioritize God's kingdomand this will transform our
lives in the here and now.
Also, an eternal perspectivetransforms our lives because we
are able to endure trials withhope.
We know that the suffering ofthis life is temporary, although
(06:40):
it might be excruciating,although it might be extremely
challenging for us and we think,man, there might not seem to be
an end to what I'm goingthrough.
Let me encourage you, there is,and the scriptures are very
clear on this.
In 2 Corinthians 4, verse 16,paul says so we do not lose
heart.
(07:00):
Though our outer self iswasting away, our inner self is
being renewed day by day.
For this light, momentaryaffliction is preparing us for
an eternal weight of glory,beyond all comparison, as we
look not to the things that areseen but to the things that are
unseen, for the things that areseen are transient, but the
(07:20):
things that are unseen areeternal.
Paul says whatever he's goingthrough, it's a light, momentary
affliction in comparison to theeternal weight of glory.
Wow, that should encourage us.
We can endure these trials withhope.
They will cease.
(07:40):
These inward trials will notlast forever.
These inward trials will notlast forever, but heaven does,
and our glorified state withChrist will be our final place.
Also, an eternal perspectivetransforms daily life through
making disciples and sharing thegospel Evangelize in light of
(08:04):
eternity.
We only have one life to livenow and we are to give that over
to what matters to prioritizethe things that God has called
us to do, to make disciples, toshare this gospel, knowing that
an eternity is coming and thatwe desire to be faithful until
(08:27):
that day in which God takes ushome.
So we're to make disciples andshare the gospel.
This is a priority of thosethat are living in light of
eternity.
It also helps us to live withpurpose.
Our work in light of eternitytakes on a different perspective
Our relationships, ourdecisions that we make.
(08:51):
Ephesians, chapter 5, verses 15and 16.
Paul says you see, we need toprioritize and make the best use
(09:11):
of the time that we have,because time is temporary, time
is finite, time is fleeting anda day is coming when we will
step out of time and intoeternity, and so we're to be
stewards of the time that wehave.
Our work is supposed to be donein light of eternity, so we
(09:32):
think about not working unto manbut unto God.
We work in a way that pleasesHim.
Our relationships do we seethem as just temporary times of
fun, or are we makinginvestments in our relationships
that last for eternity?
Do we spend time with people ordo we invest time with people?
All of these things areinfluenced by our perspective on
(09:57):
eternity and, ultimately, onethat I think is really important
, even to me as I think aboutliving a life with the eternal
perspective, is that it helps melet go of worldly attachments.
It helps me to avoid thedistractions that pull away from
eternal things.
(10:17):
In luke 12, verse 15, we readtake care and be on guard
against all covetousness, forone's life does not consist in
the abundance of his possessions.
What can I take with me when Igo?
Not my stuff, not where mothand rust destroy, where thieves
break in and steal, but what cango with me?
(10:38):
The investments maybe I made inothers, the things that last
for eternity, the impact we madefor the gospel on earth, the
glory of God that we committedour lives to.
Let's hold our worldly thingsvery loosely, as we have an
eternal perspective.
(10:59):
This transforms our life day today.
I want you to think about acouple biblical examples of an
eternal mindset, looking atthree of the most prominent
figures in all of scripture.
Think of Jesus and his eternalmindset.
We read in Hebrews, chapter 12,verse 2, that for the joy that
(11:22):
was set before him, he enduredthe cross, despising the shame,
and is now seated at the righthand of the Father, the Father.
Jesus endured the cross becauseof the outcome on the other
side.
It was the joy that was setbefore him.
He knew that he had to gothrough the trial to get the
(11:44):
reward on the other side.
And what's the reward of hissuffering?
The redeemed of God, the peopleof God, the souls for whom he
died.
And he endured the cross forthat joy.
It was an eternal perspective.
It would only have been aneternal perspective that could
have taken the son of Godthrough his passion, through the
(12:07):
cross.
If it was only temporary, thegarden of Gethsemane would have
been the end.
But as he cries out, not mywill but your will be done, he
looks beyond what is hard towhat is eternal.
Jesus endured the cross for thejoy that was set before him.
Paul is another example and oneof my favorite passages of
(12:28):
scripture in Philippians,chapter three, verses seven and
8.
He says he considers everythingas a loss compared to knowing
Christ, all of his accolades,all that he has done, all that
was meaningful to him.
As he gives his own pedigree,he was of the tribe of Benjamin.
(12:50):
He was circumcised on theeighth day.
The people of Israel, hebrew ofHebrewsised on the eighth day.
The people of Israel, hebrew ofHebrews.
As to the law of Pharisee, asto zeal of persecutor of the
church, as to righteousnessunder law, blameless, he says
whatever gain I had, I countedas loss for the sake of Christ.
Indeed, I count everything asloss because of the surpassing
worth of knowing Christ Jesus,my Lord.
(13:12):
Again, here's an example.
Compared to Christ, nothingelse matters.
We can only say this withsincerity of heart if we are
living with an eternalperspective.
Again, Moses, here's someonewith an eternal perspective from
the Old Testament, hebrews inthe Faith Hall of Fame, as they
(13:35):
mention Moses.
It's such a great passage.
It says that Moses in Hebrews11, verse 24, it says by faith,
moses, when he was grown up,refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter, choosingrather to be mistreated with the
people of God than to enjoy thefleeting pleasures of sin.
(13:57):
He considered the reproach ofChrist greater wealth than the
treasures of Egypt, for he waslooking to the reward.
The author of Hebrews makes itclear he considered the reproach
of Christ, who was not going tobe born into this world for
another 1,400 years.
(14:17):
But Moses looked forward infaith, and he would be rather
mistreated with the people ofGod than to enjoy the fleeting
pleasures of sin.
Why?
Because he was looking to thereward.
Only an eternal perspective canforsake the pleasures of this
world for the life to come.
And so Jesus and Paul and Mosestogether show us a picture of
(14:41):
what it looks like to live foreternity.
And isn't it a wonderfulpicture.
So let me encourage you as wethink on this subject.
Living for eternity changeseverything.
We will think differently abouthow we spend or invest time.
(15:03):
It helps our relationships tobe more meaningful, our love to
be more genuine, because we'renot just thinking about the
temporary and the here and now.
Even our decision making willthis affect not just the
temporary, but what are theeternal ramifications of this
choice?
(15:23):
Is this the thing that I'msupposed to be doing, and make
our decisions by setting ourmind on things that are above.
So we're not making irrational,fleshly decisions, but we're
consulting the Word of God,we're thinking about how God has
revealed himself and how we areto make decisions in light of
that.
So let me challenge you what isone area of your life where you
(15:47):
can shift your focus towardseternity?
Maybe there's an area in yourlife where you've just been
struggling.
It might be your work or yourrelationships.
It might be in the pursuit ofadvancement possessions,
something that might be rulingin your life that you know is
not driven by an eternalperspective, but by a temporary
(16:09):
one.
I want to challenge you that toshift your focus when you think
about that in a way that honorsGod and is consistent with
Colossians 3, 1 and 2, to setyour mind on things above, where
Christ is, the things of heaven, the things that last, and in
light of that, let us spend ourtime, our talent, our resources
(16:33):
on matters of eternalsignificance.
I pray that God gives us wisdomto live with this eternal
mindset while we are stillstrangers and sojourners here on
earth, awaiting our eternalcity.
I want to thank you forlistening to the Pleasing God
podcast.
If you have any questions, I'dlove to hear from you.
You could reach out atquestions at
(16:54):
pleasinggodpodcastorg.
And remember 1 Thessalonians4.3,.
This is the will of God, yoursanctification.
Hi and welcome back to the Pleasing God podcast, a
show focused on helpingChristians to think biblically,
engage practically and livefaithfully for the glory of God.
I'm your host, jonathan Soul,and on this episode I want to
talk about living with aneternal perspective.
(00:23):
Let me ask you a question whatwould change in your life if you
truly lived for eternity?
It's so easy in the world thatwe live in to get caught up in
the temporary.
We think about work, worries,our material possessions Some of
(00:44):
this stuff can keep us awake atnight or constantly occupying
our thoughts and driving ouractions and our attitudes.
We might worry about our health, our family members, the
political landscape, all thingsthat are temporary.
But again, it is so easy,because we live in the here and
(01:08):
now, to get caught up in thethings that we see the
horizontal aspects of life andwe forget about the vertical,
about heaven, about eternity,and so the goal of this episode
eternity.
(01:28):
And so the goal of this episodeis that I want to help us to
focus on what truly matters inlight of eternity, and I pray
that you're encouraged.
So what does it mean to livewith an eternal perspective?
What does that look like in ourlives?
Well, an eternal perspectivemeans that we are seeing life in
the immediate, in the temporary, through the lens of eternity.
(01:51):
In Colossians 3, paul says if,then, you have been raised with
Christ, seek the things that areabove, where Christ is seated
at the right hand of God.
Set your mind on the thingsthat are above, not on the
things of earth.
And so here Paul's call is,because you are a Christian,
because you have been raisedwith Christ kind of a picture of
(02:13):
our baptism being raised upwith him we are to seek the
things that are above, where heis at the right hand of God.
So we're talking about heavenlythings.
So our perspective we shouldsee all of life through the hand
of God.
So we're talking about heavenlythings.
So our perspective we shouldsee all of life through the lens
of eternity.
Well, this also means that weneed to understand that this
(02:35):
world is not our home.
It is, in a sense, our home,but it is not our eternal home,
it is not our forever home, andwe should think of ourselves as
Christians, as dual citizensWhile we are citizens of, maybe,
the nation that we belong to,we are also citizens of heaven,
and this is important to help usnot get caught up so much in
(02:57):
the temporal, but also torecognize our eternal home.
Philippians, chapter 3, verse20, reads but our citizenship is
in heaven, and from it we awaita Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ
.
Now, paul writing to thePhilippians he's writing to an
old Roman outpost where manyretired Roman soldiers would go
(03:21):
into their retirement, and sothey were very understanding of
what it means to be a citizen,what it means to care for your
state, your nation, and he'stelling them that, listen, our
primary citizenship is one inheaven, not on earth.
(03:42):
Hebrews, chapter 13,.
Not on earth.
Hebrews, chapter 13, verse 14tells us for here we have no
lasting city, but we seek thecity that is to come.
This is so important.
When we get caught up so muchwith the horizontal, our kind of
view of where we live, ourcitizenship here and there, and
(04:06):
at the expense of our eternal,we get things out of whack.
We are not living with aneternal perspective.
If we are living for this lifeonly, our citizenship is in
heaven.
Here we have no lasting city.
Also, to live with an eternalperspective means that we
recognize the brevity of lifecompared to eternity.
(04:30):
What is your life but a vapor?
It's here one day and gonetomorrow.
So when we think this way, wesee things through the lens of
eternity, we understand thatthis place is not our home and
life is short compared toeternity.
This helps to shape and fashionus to think and to live with an
(04:51):
eternal perspective.
So, with this perspective, howdoes this transform us for
everyday life?
Well, let me give you a fewthings.
I think that thinking with aneternal perspective, living with
an eternal perspective, helpsus prioritize God's kingdom,
where we invest in the thingsthat matter.
(05:12):
Jesus, in the Sermon on theMount in Matthew, chapter 6,
verses 19 through 21, says Donot lay up for yourselves
treasure on earth, where mothand rust destroy, where thieves
break in and steal, but lay upfor yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust donot destroy and thieves do not
break in and steal.
For where your treasure is,there your heart will be also.
(05:34):
And here Jesus is saying do notmake that.
Your treasure is that which youvalue.
Do not make your supreme valuesthe things on earth, the things
that can be stolen, the thingsthat fall apart, the garments
that you know moth destroys andthey become worthless.
None of that stuff lasts.
(05:56):
So the things that we are tovalue are the treasures in
heaven.
Well, what are those?
These are the rewards forrighteous deeds, for faithful
living, for obedience, and whenwe prioritize God's kingdom
through serving him, sharing thegospel, loving our neighbors,
loving God, we are storing forourselves those treasures in
(06:18):
heaven.
So we prioritize God's kingdomand this will transform our
lives in the here and now.
Also, an eternal perspectivetransforms our lives because we
are able to endure trials withhope.
We know that the suffering ofthis life is temporary, although
(06:40):
it might be excruciating,although it might be extremely
challenging for us and we think,man, there might not seem to be
an end to what I'm goingthrough.
Let me encourage you, there is,and the scriptures are very
clear on this.
In 2 Corinthians 4, verse 16,paul says so we do not lose
heart.
(07:00):
Though our outer self iswasting away, our inner self is
being renewed day by day.
For this light, momentaryaffliction is preparing us for
an eternal weight of glory,beyond all comparison, as we
look not to the things that areseen but to the things that are
unseen, for the things that areseen are transient, but the
(07:20):
things that are unseen areeternal.
Paul says whatever he's goingthrough, it's a light, momentary
affliction in comparison to theeternal weight of glory.
Wow, that should encourage us.
We can endure these trials withhope.
They will cease.
(07:40):
These inward trials will notlast forever.
These inward trials will notlast forever, but heaven does,
and our glorified state withChrist will be our final place.
Also, an eternal perspectivetransforms daily life through
making disciples and sharing thegospel Evangelize in light of
(08:04):
eternity.
We only have one life to livenow and we are to give that over
to what matters to prioritizethe things that God has called
us to do, to make disciples, toshare this gospel, knowing that
an eternity is coming and thatwe desire to be faithful until
(08:27):
that day in which God takes ushome.
So we're to make disciples andshare the gospel.
This is a priority of thosethat are living in light of
eternity.
It also helps us to live withpurpose.
Our work in light of eternitytakes on a different perspective
Our relationships, ourdecisions that we make.
(08:51):
Ephesians, chapter 5, verses 15and 16.
Paul says you see, we need toprioritize and make the best use
(09:11):
of the time that we have,because time is temporary, time
is finite, time is fleeting anda day is coming when we will
step out of time and intoeternity, and so we're to be
stewards of the time that wehave.
Our work is supposed to be donein light of eternity, so we
(09:32):
think about not working unto manbut unto God.
We work in a way that pleasesHim.
Our relationships do we seethem as just temporary times of
fun, or are we makinginvestments in our relationships
that last for eternity?
Do we spend time with people ordo we invest time with people?
All of these things areinfluenced by our perspective on
(09:57):
eternity and, ultimately, onethat I think is really important
, even to me as I think aboutliving a life with the eternal
perspective, is that it helps melet go of worldly attachments.
It helps me to avoid thedistractions that pull away from
eternal things.
(10:17):
In luke 12, verse 15, we readtake care and be on guard
against all covetousness, forone's life does not consist in
the abundance of his possessions.
What can I take with me when Igo?
Not my stuff, not where mothand rust destroy, where thieves
break in and steal, but what cango with me?
(10:38):
The investments maybe I made inothers, the things that last
for eternity, the impact we madefor the gospel on earth, the
glory of God that we committedour lives to.
Let's hold our worldly thingsvery loosely, as we have an
eternal perspective.
(10:59):
This transforms our life day today.
I want you to think about acouple biblical examples of an
eternal mindset, looking atthree of the most prominent
figures in all of scripture.
Think of Jesus and his eternalmindset.
We read in Hebrews, chapter 12,verse 2, that for the joy that
(11:22):
was set before him, he enduredthe cross, despising the shame,
and is now seated at the righthand of the Father, the Father.
Jesus endured the cross becauseof the outcome on the other
side.
It was the joy that was setbefore him.
He knew that he had to gothrough the trial to get the
(11:44):
reward on the other side.
And what's the reward of hissuffering?
The redeemed of God, the peopleof God, the souls for whom he
died.
And he endured the cross forthat joy.
It was an eternal perspective.
It would only have been aneternal perspective that could
have taken the son of Godthrough his passion, through the
(12:07):
cross.
If it was only temporary, thegarden of Gethsemane would have
been the end.
But as he cries out, not mywill but your will be done, he
looks beyond what is hard towhat is eternal.
Jesus endured the cross for thejoy that was set before him.
Paul is another example and oneof my favorite passages of
(12:28):
scripture in Philippians,chapter three, verses seven and
8.
He says he considers everythingas a loss compared to knowing
Christ, all of his accolades,all that he has done, all that
was meaningful to him.
As he gives his own pedigree,he was of the tribe of Benjamin.
(12:50):
He was circumcised on theeighth day.
The people of Israel, hebrew ofHebrewsised on the eighth day.
The people of Israel, hebrew ofHebrews.
As to the law of Pharisee, asto zeal of persecutor of the
church, as to righteousnessunder law, blameless, he says
whatever gain I had, I countedas loss for the sake of Christ.
Indeed, I count everything asloss because of the surpassing
worth of knowing Christ Jesus,my Lord.
(13:12):
Again, here's an example.
Compared to Christ, nothingelse matters.
We can only say this withsincerity of heart if we are
living with an eternalperspective.
Again, Moses, here's someonewith an eternal perspective from
the Old Testament, hebrews inthe Faith Hall of Fame, as they
(13:35):
mention Moses.
It's such a great passage.
It says that Moses in Hebrews11, verse 24, it says by faith,
moses, when he was grown up,refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter, choosingrather to be mistreated with the
people of God than to enjoy thefleeting pleasures of sin.
(13:57):
He considered the reproach ofChrist greater wealth than the
treasures of Egypt, for he waslooking to the reward.
The author of Hebrews makes itclear he considered the reproach
of Christ, who was not going tobe born into this world for
another 1,400 years.
(14:17):
But Moses looked forward infaith, and he would be rather
mistreated with the people ofGod than to enjoy the fleeting
pleasures of sin.
Why?
Because he was looking to thereward.
Only an eternal perspective canforsake the pleasures of this
world for the life to come.
And so Jesus and Paul and Mosestogether show us a picture of
(14:41):
what it looks like to live foreternity.
And isn't it a wonderfulpicture.
So let me encourage you as wethink on this subject.
Living for eternity changeseverything.
We will think differently abouthow we spend or invest time.
(15:03):
It helps our relationships tobe more meaningful, our love to
be more genuine, because we'renot just thinking about the
temporary and the here and now.
Even our decision making willthis affect not just the
temporary, but what are theeternal ramifications of this
choice?
(15:23):
Is this the thing that I'msupposed to be doing, and make
our decisions by setting ourmind on things that are above.
So we're not making irrational,fleshly decisions, but we're
consulting the Word of God,we're thinking about how God has
revealed himself and how we areto make decisions in light of
that.
So let me challenge you what isone area of your life where you
(15:47):
can shift your focus towardseternity?
Maybe there's an area in yourlife where you've just been
struggling.
It might be your work or yourrelationships.
It might be in the pursuit ofadvancement possessions,
something that might be rulingin your life that you know is
not driven by an eternalperspective, but by a temporary
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one.
I want to challenge you that toshift your focus when you think
about that in a way that honorsGod and is consistent with
Colossians 3, 1 and 2, to setyour mind on things above, where
Christ is, the things of heaven, the things that last, and in
light of that, let us spend ourtime, our talent, our resources
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on matters of eternalsignificance.
I pray that God gives us wisdomto live with this eternal
mindset while we are stillstrangers and sojourners here on
earth, awaiting our eternalcity.
I want to thank you forlistening to the Pleasing God
podcast.
If you have any questions, I'dlove to hear from you.
You could reach out atquestions at
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pleasinggodpodcastorg.
And remember 1 Thessalonians4.3,.
This is the will of God, yoursanctification.
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