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Shanta is raw, transparent & hilarious. This podcast is fun and enlightening. Shanta shares wisdom gained through life experiences as a singer, songwriter, educator, philanthropist, daughter, sister & friend. If you want encouragement, empowerment and practical application of godly principles this podcast is for you. She challenges the status quo and gets you thinking critically. Make sure to subscribe and leave a review.
How to Live Your Life with Heaven in Mind.
1. Live with an eternal perspective.
This idea saturates Scripture. The biblical emphasis on keeping eternity in our view reminds us of the brevity of our existence. The Bible compares life to a vapor that is here today and gone tomorrow. Having this fixed in our mind points us to a reality that goes far beyond the years we may have on this earth. Recognizing this truth, it would be foolish to obsess over such a small portion of our existence. Wisdom would have us remain focused on what happens after this life is over.
2. Live in a contrast between now and not yet.
Paul says we “groan while we are in this tent, burdened as we are” (2 Cor. 5:4). We groan because we are in this imperfect, broken, struggling reality, but we look forward to the time when that reality is replaced with something better, something greater.
3. Engage the confident hope that permeates our lives.
In 2 Corinthians 5:7, Paul says, “We walk by faith, not by sight.” Paul’s point is that currently we live our lives based on faith, but one day that will no longer be the case. Then we’ll walk by sight because we can actually see the fulfillment of God’s promises to us. But for today, in a life characterized by our stumbling attempts at walking without sight, we rest our hope in our currently unseen Savior. It is hope now because it is faith in what is to come. One day that hope will be realized into full sight, but for today a confident hope should shape you.
4. Embrace a proper understanding of our reality.
In 2 Corinthians 5:9, Paul writes,
“Whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him.”
Herein is the truth that we cannot miss. Paul says we make it our aim to please God, both now when we are in our physical bodies and later when we see rightly and live for eternity. For Paul, the promise of the resurrection leads to a current life shaped around resurrection values. We want to please Jesus in our brief time here so that we might worship Jesus for an eternal time there. The hope of personal presence later leads to the desire of personal actions now. In the end, the focus is not necessarily on heaven, but on life now lived in light of heaven.
https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/how-to-live-your-life-with-heaven-in-mind
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Shanta is raw, transparent & hilarious. This podcast is fun and enlightening. Shanta shares wisdom gained through life experiences as a singer, songwriter, educator, philanthropist, daughter, sister & friend. If you want encouragement, empowerment and practical application of godly principles this podcast is for you. She challenges the status quo and gets you thinking critically. Make sure to subscribe and leave a review.
