In the long run

…we’re all dead, says Seth Godin.

I have faith that, in the long run, we (at least those who follow Christ) will live forever.

In the long run:

• I can learn to sing. (It might take decades, but…)
• I can explore the solar system. (It might take hundreds of years, but…)
• I can visit the nearest galaxy.
• I can build a holodeck.
• I can eradicate all the pollution on the earth.
• I can build a pyramid.
• I can build a system that will monitor every environment on the Earth in real-time.
• I can build a system that will monitor every environment in the solar system in real-time.
• I can gather a complete history of the Earth (if it has not already been done).
• I can build a laser-like device that can zap meteors.
• I can learn to play an instrument.

There’s plenty of things you can do, given that you have eternity.

What’s important to do now, given that you have only x number of years left in this form?

If you don’t have a natural talent for something now, it’s not worth banging your head against it.

Find what you are designed and called to do, in this form, and do it to the best of your ability.

You’ll have plenty of time later to learn things that are much more difficult, that perhaps you do not have any innate talent for.

I think one of the most important tasks for the church as a community is to help people discover their God-given calling and pursue it!

And yet, in the words of Godin, it’s so easy to revert to, “I just work here.” I can’t make a difference. I’m just marking time…