A Traveler Passing Through

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I woke up today saying to myself, “I had it all wrong”.

I appear ordinary – no high aspirations, no big steps taken, and no investment. Only a few people know that I am working on so much more behind my simplistic alter ego. I am involved in collaborative researches, joint literary book writing, and team application for law studies. I love the idea of people seeing me as a simpleton and be surprised one day that I am no ordinary gal. I have been so immersed with these worldly investments that I forgot for quite some time my real citizenship and what I was called for.

“We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing. We heap up wealth, not knowing who will spend it,” says David in Psalm 39:6. I have spent so much time researching for facts and analyzing data, but less on ransacking the Word and delighting it. I spent so much time writing poems and articles for local and national papers, but less time on my quiet time with the Lord in order to build my intimacy with Him. I became busy in pursuing law but idle on drawing people to Christ through evangelism and discipleship. I was wasting my days all along.

I am not a citizen of this world (Philippians 3:20). I am an ambassador for Christ (2 Corinthians 5:20). I am not called to have worldly success. I am called for something more – more for the Savior who ransomed my soul. I am not called to invest in the transient things of this world. I am called to invest in eternity. And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you (Psalm 39:7). My heart cried in prayer, “LORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered – how fleeting my life is. You have made my life longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath” (39:4 – 5).

I woke up today saying to myself, “I had it all wrong”. But God spoke to me through His Word and He drew me close to Him. May we find ourselves going back to Christ – the founder and perfecter of our faith (Hebrews 12:2). It’s not too late yet. Let us redeem the time for the kingdom of God is at hand! Remember, we are just but travelers passing through.

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