Eternity

We have the wrong opinion of eternity--of everlasting life. First, we always picture it as something that hasn't started yet, as something future. But eternity has always existed. It is a "now" not a "yet to come." At this moment God sits on His throne in "eternity present" just as He sat on His throne in "eternity past" and just as He will sit on His throne in "eternity future." He is, not He was or He will be. His name is the great "I Am." It was that exact truth that Jesus used to admonish the Sadducees when they tried to make a joke of the idea of eternal life and the supernatural. "I Am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." With that rebuke He silenced those "intellectuals" who tried to deny the existence of eternity. God is the God of the living, not the dead. "He who believes in me shall never die."
And I do not have to wait "to die" to experience eternal life. The moment the Holy Spirit regenerated me and made me a child of God, an escapee from death's sting, I began to live eternal life. I am already a child of eternity. How did Paul put it, "Christ, in you, the hope of glory." And that's an important concept to remember on a daily basis. Often we are told to be careful what we do or say because we do and say it in the presence of God. Yet, for the child of God, it's so much more than that. I do not merely live in God's presence, God's presence lives in me. That's why everything I do is so significant. I am in fellowship with Him--a "partnership," a participation exists. He participates in everything I do. It is no wonder that my apathy toward the spiritual can grieve the Holy Spirit who resides within me. It is no wonder that my failure to spend time in the Word and in prayer leaves me spiritually listless and insecure. I don't allow the Spirit to lead me; instead, I force Him to come along with me. I "drag" him from place to place--and claim He is a burden.
As a child of God, you have begun to live your eternity. You have eternal life now. God's presence is in you. Live in such a way. Live a life dominated by the indwelling presence of God.