“So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
Psalm 90:12

On a yardstick, the life we live here is 1/8th of an inch. The rest is the life we will live in eternity.

A person who truly understands the shortness of this life in comparison to the one to come, will seek to know God, find the truth, and to discover the will of God in his/her life. This is wisdom, investing here for one’s life there.

How can it be that the children of the Kingdom have less wisdom than the children of the world? The children of the world spend years and years investing in their retirement so that when that time comes, they will be comfortable. How much more important is the investment of this life for the next. Those who realize how short this life is in comparison to the life they will live in eternity will spend their years here preparing for their future – there. This is wisdom..

The wise will seek revelation from God on the way to do it. For each person it will be different. Each one has a unique makeup, a unique gifting, a unique call, and a unique purpose, which can only be aspired to through prayer, asking God to reveal what HIS plan and desire is in one’s life, with a total willingness to forego their way for his way. It may be far different from what they thought. But once that decision has been made, an unexpected joy will enter their lives as they realize how personal his plan for them is. He has fitted them with the exact makeup and personality appropriate to their call, so that walking in that call will not be a burden but a joy.