CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 21, 2022
“IN LIGHT OF ETERNITY, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?” THAT QUESTION CAME FROM MY LATE WIFE, RAY. I LIKED IT SO MUCH I HAD IT PRINTED AND FRAMED.
THINK ABOUT WHAT OCCUPIES OUR THOUGHTS THESE DAYS. IS IT MOSTLY THE LORD AND WHERE THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM WILL SPEND ETERNITY, OR IS IT EARTHLY THINGS, LIKE POLITICS AND ELECTIONS, CELEBRITY, MONEY AND OTHER TEMPORAL MATTERS THAT WILL ALL PASS AWAY.
I ALSO RECALL SOMETHING BILL AND GLORIA GAITHER WROTE YEARS AGO IN ONE OF THEIR MUSICALS: SATAN OFFERS THE IMMEDIATE, BUT GOD OFFERS THE ETERNAL.
ISN’T SOMETHING GOOD THAT WILL LAST FOREVER FAR BETTER THAN SOMETHING BAD THAT WILL PASS AWAY? EVEN THINGS THAT SEEM GOOD NOW WON’T LAST. OSWALD CHAMBERS WROTE THAT THE GOOD IS OFTEN THE ENEMY OF THE BEST.
ARE WE INVESTING IN THINGS ETERNAL, OR THE IMMEDIATE? ARE WE PRE-OCCUPIED WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, OR WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR HOUSES? IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHAT YOU FOCUS ON – THE IMMEDIATE, OR THE EVER -LASTING.
WHAT IS CENTRAL TO YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GOD, YOUR FOCUS OF WORSHIP. ASK YOURSELF: IN LIGHT OF ETERNITY, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? I’M CAL THOMAS.
