The Jesus Bible Reading PlanSample

ETERNAL LIFE

Ecclesiastes tells us that God has “set eternity in the human heart.” Humans are created in the image of God (Ge 1:27), and God lives in eternity (Rev 1:8). Solomon poses the idea that humans have an innate desire in their hearts for something beyond their earthly lives. Humans were not made to live, die and cease existing. Something about how God designed humans makes them stretch toward the eternal God. Scripture eventually reveals that humans were made to live eternally with God. It is natural for our hearts to feel as if there has to be something more — because there is something more. John 3:16 and 1 John 2:25 both confirm that God promises eternal life to those who believe. The reason eternity is so appealing to humans is because that is exactly what God created humans for in the first place — to live in relationship with eternal God himself.

Jesus, thank you for making my eternal relationship with God possible. Help me to live this temporal life with eternity in my heart. Amen.