Sickness

I have something I need to tell You. I have to inform you all that I have a sickness. An Incurable Disease actually and I’m confident I won’t survive it.  I have no idea when it will get me. It may be today, or it may be 50 years from now, but it will catch up to me.  The condition is called Mortality, and one day my eyes will close for the last time, and I’ll face whatever is on the other side of that curtain.  The truth is, we will all meet our end one day. We all will take that last breath, our heart will thump one final time, and the mystery will be no more.  It almost seems funny that for a thing called Life no one gets out it alive.

There seems to be this common thought today that there’s nothing after this. That when we die, we are dead. That God doesn’t exist, that Heaven is a myth and Hell is only something of your nightmares. That every natural thing you see around you sprang forth from nothing. That, of Chaos all the Order that surrounds us formed.  The scariest part is that people are willing to bet their eternity on it.  They are willing to face eternity with only the idea that there’s nothing beyond this life.  Trusting their own thoughts and ideas about whats next or not next. Betting forever on their ability to reason God out of the equation. How much Blind Faith does that take?  To think that all we see around us just popped into existence without help or outside assistance.  Now that’s Faith! I don’t have that kind of faith in me, I don’t have that kind of faith in any human thinking.

Knowing God, Studying God, Worshipping God, Serving God, is an honor and a privilege. It brings Peace and Joy to my life that is beyond words. My life is fulfilled when I am truly serving Him.  I’ve tried it on my own, and I am happiest, most content, and at peace when I’m under His wing.

So then, what if I’m wrong and there is nothing after this? My Life in Christ is peace and joy.  Of that, I can assure you.  So I live out my days, happy and content then I die and there nothing…..I won’t know the difference.  So I’ve lived out my days in peace to die in peace and rest in peace.   I can Live with that….or not Live with I guess!

Now think about this, I lived out my days without God and counted on death being final. I’ve thought it through and feel sure that there is no afterlife, it’s all just stories and superstition.  It’s been a good life, I did what I wanted, I lived like I wanted, I don’t have any regrets.  It comes my time, and I slip through the vail and to my shock I’m met with the realization that I’ve been wrong.  I’m faced with the torment of Hell as my reward, what then? Along with the intense suffering of Hell, I’ll have eternity to lament my decisions, to be reminded of every prayer that Grandmaw prayed, every time the preacher reached for me, every unspoken prayer request that was made for me, every time I was invited to church, every time I laughed at those foolish Christians.
That’s not a gamble I’m willing to make, not a chance I’m willing to take.

If I live for Jesus, I win. If I happily go through life living for Him to find that there’s nothing after this, I win. If I serve Him always and then get to spend eternity with Him, I win.

Take this whole world, Just give me Jesus!

and that is my ramble for today
God Bless You Richly
Greg