The Eternal Moment

If you had an eternity to live how would you live your eternity? What would you do with your eternity? Who would you spend your time with during your eternity? Who would you help during your eternity? What would you avoid during your eternity? Who would you avoid during your eternity? These are important questions to ask yourself since the Lord promises each of us an eternity to live if we follow Him.Why wait to start living your eternity since you are alive right here right now in the present eternal moment?

If you live long enough in the Lord's glorious light you begin to gain some awareness of your eternal life that is privately yours yet shared with all others. Don't look for eternity where it is not to be found. Don't look for eternity to start after you are dead or in another parallell universe or in another time.You will not find eternity by searching for it in the world or by expecting other's to give it to you.

The Lord's prayer is insightful for how to access the eternal moment right here and right now. The Lord's prayer states "Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." Eternity can only be found through prayer to our Lord God. The Lord God wants to give us one eternal moment after another now and for all of eternity but we must trust in His will and follow His commandments. When a man came to Jesus and asked Him what good thing he should do so he could have eternal life, Jesus told the man that if he wanted to enter life he must keep the commandments (Matthew 19:16-17). Think about this carefully. Eternal life can not be lived while you break any of God's commandments. If you choose sin over life you exist in a meaningless nothingness. If you sin long enough and bad enough your existence will be a purgatory or hell. We must also feed upon Jesus to enherit eternal life. Jesus stated "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me."

Love, of course, is what we should do with eternity. Jesus prayed to God stating "And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them." (John 17:26). When a lawyer tested Jesus by asking Him which is the great commandment in the law Jesus said to him "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." We are made in God's image to live as beings of love. We should put our eternal love into action by helping others to become baptized disciples and teaching others to observe God's commandments. After Jesus was resurrected he spoke to His disciples saying "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Jesus will minister to us as long as we continue to minister to others so we should spend our time with those who need our help. God will guide and direct us in knowing who He wants us to help. A mature Christian has learned not to expect anything from those they help. A mature Christian knows that God is their only true source of help. A mature Christian loves others unconditionally.

A good thing to avoid during your eternity is evil. Avoid those who taunt and tempt you to live a life of sin and evil. Look to God and you will always choose what is good and you will inherit eternal life in the Lord's loving service now and forever.