Have you considered how valuable today is?

If you are a student, a day might seem more important than others because of a big exam that will impact a GPA or because you are about to ask another student out on a date. Remember those days parents?

If you are a business person, today might carry weight with you because you plan to close a big deal, earn a big commission, or make a jump in your company.

As people, we weigh out our days and assign value to them based off how they might impact our future. The student’s exam could impact his GPA which impacts college which impacts employment which impacts life. That potential date could lead to a relationship which could lead to a marriage. The businessman’s climb up the corporate ladder could result in a new car, a new house, or even living in a new town. Again, we weigh out our days and assign value to them based off how they might impact our future.

Yet, many of us have very few “important” days. In fact, it would not be a stretch to say that most prefer having very few “important” days. The idea of having a routine day with few bumps in the road and no surprises can be very appealing. If I can just get the kids to school, get myself to work, not cause any ripples at work, hear nothing bad from the school about grades or behavior, make it back home, get supper and homework finished, I’ll be happy. Let’s do that five times and we’ll have made it to the weekend. Those important days require stronger preparation, demand additional work, and cause extra stress. Yes, those ordinary days truly are appealing.

WAKE UP!!!

Jesus warned us to avoid temporal thinking, temporal living. Yet, the days we deem “important” are only important to us because they may affect our life, our temporal life. We can not think this way. We can not live this way. There is far more important things for the Christian to consider than simply those things which will surely vanish. My job, my money, my car, my valuables and all of my things are temporary. They will not last forever. What would happen if I invested appropriately in the things in my life that will last for eternity?

My impact in my child’s life is in many ways eternal. My impact as a husband is in many ways eternal. My impact as a pastor is in many ways eternal. My impact as a teacher is in many ways eternal. I have been given the power to make a difference for eternity. Similarly, you have been empowered by God almighty to be an extension of His authority and His love in your home. Every single day is massively important. And the stakes are high!

Parent, invest appropriately. God has given you the opportunity of a lifetime. Do not allow work, money or any other temporal thing to distract you from eternal things. Your home, your child is at stake here! Do not succumb to the temptation to weigh things temporally, but rather follow Jesus’ command to “judge righteous judgment.” Your children desperately need an example of good priorities, eternal perspective, and purpose. Many millionaires are depressed. Most innovators are desperate for the next big thing. Yet, we have found true joy, true peace, true purpose.

Are your children seeing the right priorities in you? Are they seeing an example of this peace and joy? Are they learning how to critically view things with an eternal lens?

You have the ultimate power of influence in their lives. Seize it!

The stakes are high.