Lift Your Vision Higher

Jesus gives the soul the environment it needs to thrive. The human soul must have a higher vision in order to flourish. A vision limited to this temporal world is not enough. The soul needs eternal hope, eternal life, and friendship with God. It needs the presence of God. To truly thrive, the soul must be immersed in the eternal. It cannot survive on the temporal alone. It cannot thrive on materialism, money, entertainment, pleasure, or possessions. These things are too shallow to lift the soul. There is a song I really like titled “Lift Your Vision Higher.” For the…

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The Longing Nothing Else Can Fill

Inside every human being, there is a cry for something intangible. Something the material world cannot supply. It is a desire so deep it cannot be fully described in human language. We try to satisfy this longing in the material realm, only to end in disappointment. The satisfaction we seek cannot be found in things. It comes only from God. Our souls long to be connected to their Creator. This desire was placed within us at birth, and we cannot escape it. We keep trying to fill it, but no material pursuit will ever be enough. We were created for…

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Ecclesiastes and the Weight of Eternity

The book of Ecclesiastes tells us of the futility of a natural life. It pulls back the curtain on deception and keeps us from unreality, showing us how things actually are. The natural world gives us no hope for the future. It shows us that much of what we’re involved in is worthless and futile—apart from a relationship with God. All in the natural world will be lost. Death wipes everything temporal out, bringing it all to nothing. The book begins with, “Worthlessness, worthlessness, all is worthlessness,” and then it describes why. Ecclesiastes is so important in shaping our lives.…

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