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What should have been a relatively short sojourn of a few months for Moses and Israel, traveling from Egypt to the promised land, turned into a forty-year ordeal The people of God went in endless circles in the wilderness, going absolutely nowhere, dying off before they could reach their destination across the Jordan River. They were living in ignominious defeat, disappointment, death, and despair. In the midst of these difficult circumstances, Moses lifted up his heart to heaven in order to anchor his soul to God. He looked to God afresh that he might reestablish his ***eternal perspective***. Here is living with an ***eternal perspective***.

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***Perspective*** is critically important in the Christian life. Ones vantage point determines how one sees, how one lives, and for what one lives. This undescores how important it is that every believer should maintain an ***eternal perspective***. We are allotted by God only so much time. Therefore we must live strategically in light of eternity Maybe you feel that you are going in aimless circles, like Israel in the wilderness. Perhaps you arc living with disappointment and despair. Maybe you are being squeezed into the tyranny of the urgent with all its pressing deadlines but have lost sight of eternity. This psalm is intended to bring the ***eternal perspective*** back into focus in your life. It is designed to redirect you to live for the kingdom of heaven, not For the kingdoms of this world. It calls us to live every day for the approval of God, not for the applause of men. It directs us to be laying up for ourselves treasure in heaven, not riches on the earth. Wisely investing one's life requires living in light of eternity. It necessitates living with an ***eternal outlook*** on all of life.

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This psalm is a passionate plea, calling us to live every day with an ***eternal perspective***. Every person has only so much divinely allotted time during his stay on earth, an amount of time sovereignly determined by God. The message is clear: Redeem the time. Use time wisely. Invest it carefully There are only two things going out of this world, the Word of God and the souls of men. One must pour his or her life wisely into these eternal realities.