Working as an outreach educator for the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History we had a lesson about the length of time, trying to present the concept of large numbers. The director had a scroll of paper with one million dots printed on it, and we would unroll the scroll to see how long one million dots would go. The scroll went from one end of the room to the other and still could have gone further – and that was just dots.
With that in mind we told the students to imagine 50 million years, 100 million, 200 million, and so on. It is a staggering amount. But this passage from Hebrews deals with a much larger number – the concept of eternity, or “never.”
What instruction is given? What promise does God give? How should we feel about that?
Most of us have money worries and concerns about finances. Will we have enough for the week? Will we have enough for the month? What about the rest of our lives?
And with these worries we can begin to desire more and more and more in our lives. But God tells us we should be content with what we have. We should be satisfied if we have just enough or if we have extra.
And the reason we can be content with what we have is the knowledge that we are not alone in our lives. No matter how many days and months and years lie ahead, we will have God as our companion and God to watch over us all the days of our lives.
In fact, God will be with us forever – beyond one million years, beyond 100 million years.
God has promised that He will never leave us and never forsake or forget about us. His love and care extends beyond any number our minds may conceive and even the numbers we can’t conceive. With that confidence we should be content that what we have will be enough because God will provide.
DAILY CHALLENGE: How can you learn to be content with what you have?
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