He has also set
eternity in the human heart
(Ecclesiastes 3:11).
The very fact that
we aspire to something greater than this mortal life is seen by some as proof
that not only are we God’s creation, but also that something glorious waits for
us beyond the grave. As the writer here has so eloquently said, we have been
given the capacity to reach beyond what we can see and touch, and to encounter
the living God. How could we be satisfied with anything less?
It’s no wonder we
get bored. We set our hearts on temporary things when we were meant to strive
for things eternal. We fill our days with spirit-numbing activity when we were
designed to touch God. We settle for a paycheck when we were intended to
transform our culture. We sit on the couch when we should be out storming the
gates of hell. We are satisfied with just getting by when we were destined for
glory.
This is not to
suggest that I must strive to be someone I am not, but rather that I have been
tasked with being the very best me that I can be. There is a well-known story
told by Rabbi Zusya, an early Hassidic rabbi. He said, “In the world to come
God will not ask me, ‘Zusya, why were you not Moses?’ He will ask, ‘Zusya, why
were you not Zusya?’ ”
When we become the
person God designed us to be and cooperate with him to do great things, there
is nothing which we cannot achieve.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
So how are you, the person
God designed you to be, going to change the world this week?
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