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Pastors Corner - Living in the light of eternity
Many people spend their
lives trying to create a lasting
legacy on earth. They want
something to be remembered
by, when they’re gone.
Recently, we were treated to
one of the greatest events in the
world... London Olympics. We
watched people with splendid
Revd Piety Kamuyu. physique, which we all know was
Church of England the result of very hard work. It was
St Andrew Mapperly all very exciting and every nation
enthusiastically watched as they
Nottingham
counted on their champions to
do them proud in that great world event. The winners were
awarded with different medals, cheers, praise, and their
nations further rewarded them when they went back to their
homelands.
My husband and I travelled in the same flight with our
Kenyan heroes in August, just after the London Olympics. We
found our Jomo Kenyatta Airport in a jubilant mood, packed
with people who had come to welcome our heroes back
home. Nothing could contain the “mayoyo na vingelengele”
that roared through the arrival gate at the very sight of
the medallist, who proudly hung the medals around their
necks. These heroes had really done our nation proud in an
international arena.
But you see...it is in the midst of this kind of excitement we
easily forget that, all achievements great as they might be are
eventually surpassed. The truth is that, records get broken,
reputations do fade away, and tributes are forgotten with
time. When this happens, we will do well to remember that,
what ultimately matters most will not be what others say
about our life, but what God says!
An athlete whose goal was to become the school’s tennis
champion felt proud when his trophy was prominently placed
in the school’s trophy cabinet. Years later, someone mailed
that trophy to him. It had been found in a trash-bin after the
school was refurbished. It is said, and wisely so, “given enough
time, all your trophies will be trashed by someone else”.
The reality is that, living to create an earthly legacy turns
out to be a short-sighted goal, good as it is, because of its
“temporal” nature. Would it not be wise then to use our time
in to building an “eternal” legacy? Life on earth is just but a
rehearsal, practice workout, a preparation before the real
production. We will spend far more time on the other side of
it in eternity.
The Bible tells that, “God has set eternity in the hearts of
men” (Eccl 3:11). He designed us in his image to live for him,
to live for eternity. We have an inborn instinct that longs for
immortality.
God put the desire to live in our brains and this is why death
always seems unfair and cruel when it comes. But when we
fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and
now, and realise that this life is just a preparation for eternity,
then we begin to live differently. We start to live in the light
of eternity, and this begins to shape the way we handle every
relationship, task and circumstance in this life.
God is inviting us to a closer walk with him. The closer we live
to God, the smaller everything else around us appears. When
we live in the light of eternity, our values change, our priorities
are reordered, and so be it. Amen. By Revd P Kamuyu.
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