I'm saying good-bye to a Gospel Musician friend of mine today. We're singing a few songs at his wake and then the funeral is tomorrow. I'm really going to miss the guy! I'll remember him as one who lived his life victoriously!
Attending a funeral brings to mind our own mortality-something that most of us try to avoid thinking about till the harsh reality of it slaps us in the face!
Like the milk carton in your fridge, you and I have an expiry date. The biggest difference is we usually don't know when that date is! All we can be sure of is that God's Word tells us in Hebrews 9:27, "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." In other words, in this limited earthly timeframe, we are accountable for how we live our lives.
It kind of puts life in perspective when we look at things that way. Unlike your milk carton with an expiry date, we might not know when our time is done here, but we need to make sure that we are ready to meet God after that. Psalm 90:12 says "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
Settling things with God is something we need to look after in our time here on Earth, not just "hope for the best" after our life here is over.
God is so good!
