Looking around
Do you ever feel out of place? That you don't belong? That you don't fit in? That's because we don't belong here on earth; at least, not in the long term. This is our temporary home.
King David also wondered about the evil around him, and why wrongdoers seem to prosper, and wicked, violent men grow like a healthy tree, but he also recognised God's guiding hand on those who are righteous. You can read more about these thoughts of David in Psalm 37.
Jesus told his disciples, "If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world." Jn. 15:19a,b
Looking ahead
2 Peter 3:
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. v10 (NASB)
But according to His promise, we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. v13 (NASB)
In his book The Late Great Planet Earth, Hal Lindsey correctly interprets 2 Peter 3:13 when he says that we want to be in the new heaven and earth. The NASB says we "are looking for" whereas the NIV says we "are looking forward to" (the new heavens and the new earth). We should be looking forward to it because that is how God has programmed us - to desire righteous living, and perfect relationship with Him!
Then Christ will put the atoms back together to form a new heaven and earth, in which only glorified persons without their sinful natures will live. There will be no more rebellion of man's will against God; only righteousness, peace, security, harmony and joy. That's where we want to be! (Lindsey, 179)
Chris Hadfield says in An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth,
"I am actually leaving the planet today",but we can't all be as sure as Hadfield about the day we will leave! The fact is that we will leave.
A day is coming when Jesus will return and take believers to be with Him. We will spend eternity with Him in glorified form, in the new heaven and the new earth. How are you preparing for His return?
Hadfield, Chris, 2013, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Macmillan, London
Lindsey, Hal, 1970, The Late Great Planet Earth, Zondervan, Grand Rapids