Process and Result

Our future includes the hope that when our flesh dies, we will be done with the earth and transition to life in heaven. Generally, that picture resembles in our minds the same thing as when we look at a future that includes retiring from work and taking a break to enjoy our final days.

If our work is dislocated from our main purpose in the earth, there is a weariness that longs for the end and for rest. Jesus told people once that if they are weary that way, He has a better plan for their labor: to take His instructions about what to do and His strength for getting it done.

In his book, “Secrets of the Most Holy Place, Vol 2” (©2004: Don Nori; Destiny Image Publishers), Don Nori suggested that there is a big difference between our destination and our destiny. Our destination is heaven. Our destiny, though, is what purposes we have in the earth that affect eternity.

Much of the Church is more focused on retirement than on doing an effective job of our assignments. Most of the songs we have written are pitiful whining like “Precious Lord,” longing for the end of the day rather than for the privilege of bringing the Harvest to the Lord of it.

We can do better!