Day six........Thinking about my purpose

Howdy everyone:

I've done some speaking on 2nd Corinthians 4:18 a few times and referred to it many times. The things we can see, won't last. The things we can't see, will last forever. I'm being very humbled by this book. In many areas I can see where I've grown from where I used to be when I was a baby Christian. And I can also see areas in which I need more work. I was whining the other day about not being as happy as I wanted to be. I had forgotten, or hadn't even realized at the time, that I'm not supposed to be completely content where I am. I'm not home yet. I'm an illegal alien. I'm not willing to trade my eternal citizenship for a worldly, temporary one. No way, no how. It is my goal, this year, to get another CD recorded, and hopefully do it well enough that it may get some air play on the local Christian (and hopefully nationwide) radio stations. I think that's a good goal as it will help me get the music out there God has placed on my heart. And also it will help financially as well. When the anointing is on a particular song folks can feel God's presence right where they are. That's my main objective......getting folks closer to the Lord. Now for the question:

"How should the fact that life on earth is just a temporary assignment change the way I am living right now?"

I should be more eternally minded (or mindful?). Many times I get frustrated with where I am at a particular moment in time. I need to remind myself that God is in control and He knows the beginning from the end and all points in between. He knows where I am, and where I'm going, and what needs to happen for me to get there. See, many times I have an attitude or opinion about something that displeases God. Many times things happen in order to steer me away from, or change, those attitudes or opinions. Because it's keeping me from what God has for me to do. In a couple of weeks, months, or even years I will look back and say, "That's why that happened.........to prepare me for this." I realize that God didn't cause it, but He used it to teach me something I needed to learn in order to get me where I needed to be. :-) James