What are you planning for?
And when is your plan going into effect?
Why does it matter that we plan for the year after we die?
Watch our Truth in Two to find out (full text below).
Will it be said of us, that we “served God’s purposes in our generation”?
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FULL TEXT
In the middle ages it took about one hundred years to build a cathedral. From shaping stones in a quarry until the last slate tile was placed on a roof, many European cathedrals took a century to construct. The tall, cloud-puncturing edifices are a wonder to see today. But consider the Cathedral workers. The people whose lifespans were no where close to 100 years, contributed to construction. So how did the brick layers, wood framers, and roofers view their work if they knew they might never see a finished cathedral?
The word “longitudinal” may give us the answer. We realize our lives are a dot on the long line of human history. We need to view life as did the cathedral worker; my work in life will live on after my life. So, I propose we stop planning for next year and plan for the year after we die. Acts 13.36 is instructive. Paul says, “When King David had served God’s purposes for his generation, he died.” These words ring in my ears daily. My life, my work, your life, your work, are contributions to the cathedral of God’s work on earth.
What has come to be known as “The Oscar Romero Prayer” reminds us to plan for the years after we die. The last lines of the prayer remind me of cathedral workers.
“We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.”
Be a cathedral worker. Plan for life after you die.
For Truth in Two, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, President of the Comenius Institute, personally seeking truth wherever it’s found.