: John Bevere
: Driven By Eternity Make Your Life Count Today and Forever
: Messenger International
: 9781937558055
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: Christentum
: English
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What will your eternity look like? What if you learned you were part of an experiment where the next 24 hours would determine the quality of the rest of your life? Everything from the job you hold to the neighborhood and house you live in will be tied to how you navigate a single day. How would you approach those 24 hours? Would you be intentional, or would you leave things to chance and hope for the best? This idea might seem far-fetched, but it isn't. In fact, it closely resembles how your choices today will impact your destiny forever. In Driven by Eternity, best-selling author John Bevere uses an eye-opening allegory and extensive Scripture to paint a vivid picture of the way our earthly lives shape our eternal existence. Life beyond the final breath is much more than a destination. Don't wait until it's too late. Discover now how you can make your life count both today and forever.

CHAPTER 1


THE ETERNAL


Teach us to make the most of our time … and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!

—Psalm 90:12, 17 NLT

Most people want to live a life that counts. This is a right and godly aspiration. It was Moses’s request in the above prayer. He began by asking for wisdom to make the most of time. Many things lost in life can be restored; however, time misused can never be recovered. Once the sun goes down, the day is forever gone.

Moses’s prayer concludes with, “Make our efforts successful.” The exact phrase is repeated. Why? Moses didn’t have a problem with grammar or memory. Rather, this represents a literary style found in Hebrew writing. The repetition is a form of emphasis. In English, when we want to emphasize the importance of a word or phrase, we have several methods available. We can make it bold, italicize it, underscore it, use all capital letters, or add an exclamation point for emphasis. These are all ways of calling the reader’s attention to something that is very important. However, the Hebrew writers would write a word or phrase twice to bring emphasis, and they weren’t known to overstate—they were always careful with their words. The fact that this phrase was repeated twice in Scripture shows not only that success is God’s will for us, but also that He is passionate about it. He is the one who has placed emphasis on it.

We were created to enjoy success. God wants our lives to be significant! This was God’s desire first, not ours. He makes this known throughout Scripture. Let me list just two such occurrences. The first: “The Lord your God will then make yousuccessful in everything you do” (Deuteronomy 30:9 NLT). Notice the wordeverything, notsome things!

Again we read: “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your wayprosperous, and then you will havegood success” (Joshua 1:8).

It takes godly wisdom to enjoy success. Scripture states, “He who loves wisdom loves his own best interest and will be a success” (Proverbs 19:8 TLB). Wisdom gives us the knowledge and ability to make right choices at the opportune time. Wisdom is not just for the mentally sharp; it is for all who fear the Lord and are found in Christ. If your aim is to build a life of eternal significance, you must do it through godly wisdom—and that is what this message is all about.

Wisdom breeds success, which brings enduring satisfaction and rewards: “If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you” (Proverbs 9:12 NIV). Not only does the Lord desire your success, but He also longs to reward you for it. Again we read, “Day by day the Lord observes the good deeds done by godly men, and gives them eternal rewards” (Psalm 37:18 TLB)