An Eternal Perspective

This may be confusing, but I'm going to try to communicate my thoughts as clearly as possible.
To some Ecclesiastes is a very negative and discouraging book. But for me it has always been encouraging. Why? The wisest man to ever live displays the greatest example of having an eternal perspective. He had everything the world had to offer riches, love, wealth, possessions, power etc. yet he realized that without God, it was all worthless. The life here on earth is short, and unless we plug into God’s plan will we find purpose to all that is “under the Sun.” In 2 Cor 4:18 Paul writes, “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” What is an eternal perspective? It is not looking at life’s circumstances and life in general just in the “right here and right now” but looking at it in the light of eternity. When I really dwell upon having an eternal perspective, I realize how differently my prayers become. Instead of praying to get married, I then pray for the Lord to bring into my life whatever is necessary to accomplish his purpose and to bring others to Christ. Instead of praying for the situations in my life to get better, I pray that I will learn the lesson that I need to learn to become who God needs me to be to accomplish His will. Having an eternal perspective focuses our attention on God and his plan instead of our temporary dreams, desires and circumstances. Often times we do not understand what God is up to, or what he has in store for our life, and we never know what tomorrow holds, however we can pray that God will use us, and we can prepare out heart and our minds to be willing to go and do whatever God calls us to do, so that we can be used by God to accomplish his purpose for our lives.