When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He said, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” In a sense, Jesus taught us to pray for heaven to invade earth—for the goodness, peace, wholeness, and rule of God to become a reality here.

As we work here on earth, we really can take nothing with us. This is not to say that what God calls us to build and create here is without meaning, but we need to remember our priorities, and that God Himself is the source of all beauty, life, and wealth.