In Light of Eternity?

I've been considering my lifestyle more and more all the time as I get older and begin to make more and more decisions on my own. For me, almost 20 years have come and gone and time seems to fly faster and faster. This leads me to ask the question, what have I done in life to make it worth it? In other words, have I been living the way God truly intends His children to live? I don't have much time on this earth, and soon I'll be in the presents of God, and suddenly none of the times I lived for good times, or friends, or myself on earth will mean anything except that it wasn't lived for God. It was waisted.

One of my goals in life has been to never go into debt. I have no desire to borrow from my future only to have to worry and work for something that I couldn't wait for in the past. Likewise, why should I live for myself now here on earth, only to regret not living entirely for God in my future? I say "likewise", but in a sense, it's not alike at all. Our chief end in life is a whole lot more important that money.

Because of this, I have realized that I'm going to have to make some very tough discussions in life all in the name of "living in light of eternity". Living the way God intended me to live. For example - I have allot of good friends that I like very much, but they aren't teachable, they're not sanctified or set apart from the world (though they would argue with that), and to put it plainly, they don't take their walk with God seriously enough. I believe that God wants us to choose our friends VERY carefully. Therefor, I've come to the conclusion that some of my friends (though I love them very much) are just not worth the time God gave me. I will continue to pray for them that God would work in their hearts, but that's all I can do.

That sounds terrible right? You say, "that isn't a Christ like attitude! Jesus was always ministering to sinners and the people who needed to be set straight!".

The thing is, there is a difference between Jesus and me. I am a sinner, Jesus is not. I am responsible for my own life first, and then to others. Jesus didn't have to worry about His life, and becoming like those around Him like I have to. Christians are to guard their hearts in any way possible that they have to.

There are other examples too. What I do with my time and how I enjoy myself is another one. It all comes down to realizing that our life on earth here is the only time EVER we have to shine and be diligent and live for God with a sin nature. How ever long you have to live… is NOTHING in light of eternity. There will be an endless amount of time to have fun unlike anything you can even come close to imagining when we get to heaven, so I would challenge you to stop with the foolishness and live for Christ. I think you will see that He will give you the Joy that comes with serving Him here, and in heaven if you are truly right with Him.