In a recent western movie, "Broken Trail", cowboy Prentiss Ritter is called upon to speak at the burial of a friend. He spoke these words, "We are all travellers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house, birth till death, we travel between the eternities."
Though devoid of the Gospel, in a sense he was right. We are all travellers and pilgrims in a world that offers no lasting peace or rest. And while there is only one eternity, we travel between the past and the future, waiting for promises of an eternal home and a hope that will last forever. And while we travel, we trust that God will fulfill all His promises to us.
Whenever the troubles and struggles of life threaten us with anxiety or despair, we must remember we have a Savior who travels with us, the Lord Jesus who is Master of Eternity. He offers us hope for this life and an even greater hope for a life to come, a life of joy and hope for all eternity.
In Hebrews 11:13, the writer, speaking of many heroes of faith, says, "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off [they] were assured of them." The men and women of God who did not know Jesus, but who still trusted God would someday send a Savior, were truly heroic in their faith.
You and I live in the present moments and hours and days, but we look ahead by faith to being with the Lord. Jesus has said, "I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty." (John 6:35) And again, "He who believes has eternal life." (John 6:47). One day we will experience that eternity when faith will become sight, and we will see the Lord. Such hope lifts us out of the past to a future life that is eternal.
For time and eternity, Jesus is all we need.
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