God has planned eternity in the human heart.
Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production. You will spend far more time on he other side of death- in eternity- than you will here. Earth is the staging area, the preschool, the tryout for your life in eternity, It is the practice workout before the actual game; the warm-up lap before thee race begins. This life is preparation for the next.
You were made to last forever. The Bible says, "God has planted eternity in the human heart."
One day your heart will stop beating. That will be the end of your body and your time on earth but it will not be the end of you. The Bible calls your earthly body a "tent", but refers to your future body as a "house." The Bible says, "When this tent we live in-our body here on earth-is torn down, God will have a house in heaven for us to live in, a home he himself has made, which will last forever.
If you learn to love and trust God's Son, Jesus, you will be invited to spend the rest of eternity with him.On the other hand, if you reject his love, forgiveness, and salvation, you will spend eternity apart from God forever.The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.
This life is preparation for the next. When you live in the light of eternity, your values change. There's far more to life that just here and now! Eternity is all the rest you don't see underneath the surface.Only a fool would go through life unprepared for what we all know will eventually happen.You need to think more about eternity, not less. If you have a relationship with God through Jesus, you don't need to fear death. It is the door to eternity. It will be the last hour of your time on earth, but it won't be the last of you.Rather than being the end of your life, it will be your birthday into eternal life. The Bible says, "This world is not our home, we are looking forward to our everlasting home in heaven."
When you live in the light of eternity, your values change.
Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye but the consequences of it will last forever. The deeds of this life are the destiny of the next.
"The first day of the rest of your life." Actually, it would be wiser to live each day as if it were the last day of your life.
--There is more to life than just here and now.
"This world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will leave forever." 1 John 2:17 NLT