There is a staggering impermanence to all human achievement. From the least of us to the greatest, all our victories and accomplishments are slowly worn away by the merciless grinding of time. All I will ever do, or could ever hope to do, will one day be regarded as nothing; even my weightiest glories will be scattered by the wind. “What is your life? For you are like a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.” And again, “all people are like grass, and their glory is like the flower of grass.” The greenest stalks of grass quickly wither, and its flowers are sure to fall. But Jesus’ glory is different! The victory He has obtained is permanent: “His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.” And the weight of His glory can never be abated or lessened; indeed, is constantly increasing. His inheritance is “imperishable, undefiled, and unfading”—and kept in heaven for us who believe! Lord, help us to let go of our lives and cling to the Rock of Ages that shatters idols and fills the whole earth!
“What is your beloved more than another?” —Song of Sol. 5:9