Devo: Temporary or Eternal Value?

In the past couple of weeks, I've been hearing stories about how major, life changing decisions were made in certain individuals' hospital beds, which had led them to start up a non-for-profit (NFP) organisation or church. Throughout the years, God has been intercepting with our values at various points in our lives but He still continues to remind us of two fundamental values that we need to strive to keep consistently in our daily life. That is, that "life is about Him and about people" and that it is not all about wealth, fame, popularity and all of the other treasures on earth that we tend to try and store for ourselves. Sometimes we lose focus of these values because of factors such as busyness or social influence. Other times, we may find ourselves so task focused that we forget about the people around us. In this, I've been reminded of the following verse. 2 Corinthians 4:18 - "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

Some questions that I continue to ask myself are: 

• Is what I am doing, including daily tasks, of temporary or eternal value?
• Are my actions aligned with my so called priorities?
• What is it that I want to have accomplished before my time here on earth is over?

Whether our calling is to ministry through a church or NFP organisation or other places that we spend majority of our time at such as work, university or sporting clubs, I encourage you to take some time out of your day to talk to someone, to have a meal or even to act in the simplest way to show that you actually care. One small action could lead to something that lasts forever, in your life and in the life of another.