God's Measure Of Eternity Series

When he arrived at the logging camp, he found no one there, and only one building was still standing. However, he was so sure God had sent him to this specific place that he went into one the empty building and preached with all of his heart to the bare walls the sermon God had placed on his heart. As he preached, he felt the fire of God upon him. When he finished, he had a closing prayer, then he left and returned home. In the eyes of the world this appears to be one of the stupidest things you have ever heard.

Stephen Grellet never understood why God wanted him to preach in that empty building. Many years later as he walked across London Bridge in England, a man ran up to him and grasped his arm and said, “After all these years I have finally found you.”

Stephen looked at the man and said, “Sir, I think you have me confused with someone else.” The man said, “No, I’m don’t. I would know your face anywhere. Didn’t you once preach many years ago in an empty shack at a logging camp in the backwoods of America?”

Stephen said, “Yes I did, but no one was there.” The man said, “I was the foreman in charge of the loggers and when we moved to a new location, I realized that I had left my tools behind. When I returned to get them, I heard a voice from one of the buildings. I looked through a crack between the logs and saw you preaching. You never saw me, because I was too ashamed to come forward, but God so touched my heart that day that I repented of my sins, became a Christian and began reading the Bible. Then I began to lead my men to Christ. Your sermon has led at least a thousand people to Christ and three of them have become pastors!”

Stephen Grellet did not know what God had done that day. He simply obeyed God, and to this day, he is still reaping the rewards of his obedience. One day, God will measure how we used our prayers, our finances and our obedience to further His kingdom. And then He will reward you with great rewards that are beyond all earthly measure.

PLANNING FOR ETERNITY

And that brings us to this powerful point… It is imperative that you plan for eternity. Your life on earth is the tiniest part of your existence. Even if you live to be 100, life is still very short. No matter the length of your life, you are destined for eternity. From the moment you were born you will never cease to exist. You will spend eternity somewhere.

My point is… For each day you spend on earth, you will reap billions and billions of future years. That’s why Peter words are so powerful when he said…

2 Peter 3:8 beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand

years, and a thousand years as one day. NKJV

The value of one single day in your life is so great that it can only be measured by eternity. Just one single day of your life has the power to affect a thousand years in eternity and beyond, that will reap great eternal rewards.

Again, Peter said… 2 Peter 3:8 …do not forget this one thing…

Do not forget that your life is more than days, weeks, months and years. Do not forget that God’s perspective on how you live is very different from the world’s perspective. Do not forget that God will measure your life, not by the years you lived, but by what you did in those years for His kingdom and glory. The greatest life as measured by God is not the one who has lived the longest or was the busiest or the most famous, but was the most faithful to honor God with their daily life.