Vital Step to a Radiant Faith-Eternal Perspective

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to see the eternal perspective from God’s point-of-view.

If our focus is only on today, or on matters in this present life, we are only seeing part of the picture. God has an eternal plan, and His desire is to be with His people forever in a place of pure joy and absolute peace.

In Psalm 73, Asaph admitted that his feet almost slipped. He wrote, “I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”

When he saw how they lived a care-free life and prospered, he thought he kept his heart pure in vain, and he was troubled.

His perspective changed when he entered the sanctuary of God. In a place of worship, he understood their final destiny. His faith was strengthened when he realized that God guided him with His counsel, and afterward, God would take him into glory.

An Eternal Perspective is a Vital Step to a Radiant Faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com