There are moments in life when it seems inevitable that we become a cynic. People let us down. The investment we made comes to not. Our hopes are not realized. Our dreams fail to materialize. On certain days we can feel as if everything into which we invest results only in disappointment.
The truth is that life is temporal and fleeting. Though advertisers zealously attempt to make us feel that by acquiring the right car or house or vacation we will experience a joy-filled, meaningful life, we are inevitably disappointed. Despite being encouraged to climb as high as we can on the corporate ladder, we eventually discover that our worldly success is not deeply satisfying and eventually, we must retire.
Sadly, millions of people find life to be nothing more than a vapor. Despite all of their efforts, nothing they do seems to last, or matter.
The reality is that God and His work are the only things that last, or truly matter. When we align ourselves with Him, we invest ourselves in an eternal kingdom. When we place our faith in God, we know that what He began, He will complete. God’s purposes will be accomplished!
Have you been disappointed lately? Have you grown cynical? What is it you have been investing your life in to?