ETERNITY

Often we say we are living for a day to come.

We say we are waiting, expecting to return to where we came from.

Our eyes are set on a day that’s far away.

We endure today’s struggles saying, “We can’t wait to be free from this clay.”

We dream about our future where we see streets of gold.

We are aching to see a Kingdom in the beauty of things we’ve been told.

We’re waiting, waiting, waiting for a day that will be.

What if, though, Eternity wasn’t far away at all but inside of you and me?

God has placed all of Eternity in each and every heart.

We can’t fathom it or grasp it. We don’t understand where to start.

(Ecclesiastes 3:11)

Eternity is not so far away from you. It’s not hiding.

The thing you crave, the thing you hunger for is in you abiding!

Wake up the spirit God confined within the clay!

Arise, all of Eternity is inside of you this day!

Eternity is not a distant place of dreams.

Forever is among us, so much closer than it seems.

Eternity is not in the future. Eternity is now.

It’s defying everything you thought you knew, crushing every “How?”

Stop looking all around you, and seek the One within you.

You'll find the source of Forever and your Destiny will send you.

Send you beyond the surface of things easy and things cheap.

Send you out for mighty works that even Hell can never beat. 

Eternity is sending you out for greatness. It's sending you out for love.

It's sticking its foot against your chest and giving it a shove.

Knocking you into holy purpose far beyond the lukewarm. 

Knocking you to a place where the angels of heaven sing and swarm. 

Forever is present with you making your heart cry.

It's squeezing on the inside of you, forcing you to ask, "Why?"

"Why am I here and what am I to do?"

Then Eternity answers back, "Give me all of you!"

Eternity is not distant. It's not far away.

Eternity is within you, pleading with you this day. 

Live for more. Burn for bigger. Encounter your purpose.

Then, on that day to come, in His Kingdom, it will have been worth it.