Your Temporary Life!
"The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason
of strength they are eighty years, yet their boast is only
labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away."
Psalm 90:10
“Temporal” signifies earthly things, bound by time. A “temp”
employee works for the set amount of time. A “temporary”
circumstance is short-lived rather than
permanent.
Temporal, temp, temporary—all are derived from
the Latin tempus, or “time.”
Though difficult circumstances in life can last for extended
periods, most are temporary. We comfort ourselves with a
knowledge “this too shall pass.” Even if the circumstance
doesn’t pass immediately, we know that God is with us in
midst of the storm (Mark 4:35-41). We are people created
for eternity (Ecclesiastes 3:11), our life on earth lasts only
a few decades (Psalm 90:10). Therefore, we can say that
a life on earth is temporary; our permanent life begins with
faith in Jesus (John 17:3). Our life is eternal, with only part
of it spent on this earth until the new earth arrives
(Revelation 21:1).
Whatever your circumstances are today, know
that they are temporary. Your permanent life is
hidden in God forever (Ephesians 3:9).
"One spiritual mercy is worth
more than all temporal blessings."
William S. Plumer
