After
All, We Brought Nothing With Us
When
We Came Into The World,
And
We Can't Take Anything With Us When We Leave It.
Scripture
1
Timothy 6
7 After all,
we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t
take anything with us when we leave it.
Observation
I
realize more than ever before that I live in the last days. Oh, and I
am not talking about the end of the world.
It
is interesting that none of us want to talk about death, especially
not our own. It is like by talking about it that somehow it will
cause it to happen sooner than later! It is one subject that no one
seems to want to talk about.
The
truth is this, life on planet earth is very short, no matter how long
we get to hang-out on this planet it is not really that long!
So
this morning I am thinking about the dash. The dash that represents
the time from when I was born to when I die.
You
and I cannot take anything with us. The only thing that we can do is
send it on ahead before we die. What can we send ahead – changed
lives!
Only
what we do for the Kingdom of God will last forever!
Application
I
am reminded this morning that my focus needs to be on people. Helping
them to know and grow in Christ. It is the only thing that will last
forever.
How
about you? Have you thought about the dash “-” lately?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know
that
when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die
and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an
eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
(2 Cor. 5:1) Help me make the best use of the “dash”! Don't let
me get lazy. Don't let me get sidetracked. Help me focus on keeping
the main thing the main thing until the day I leave this earth.
I
pray for any person reading this blog. Help them to make the most of
his or her life. Help them to invest in the people around them.
Encourage them today. Show them how important they are to the Kingdom
of Heaven.
Help
me Lord to be content.
Daily
Bible Reading: 1 Timothy 5,6; Titus 1,2,3
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