Do you ever stop and wonder how you will die? It is not a matter if you will, but when and how... Sometimes I wonder this. The Lord is in control of all things, so should we even ponder with this question? I think, yes!! Now here is why.. It all comes down to MOTIVE.
If you want to die at an old age from old age.. WHY? Is just making it to an old age what you want to have accomplished? God does not know time.
If you want to die young, maybe even from your own hand.. WHY? Do you not feel that your life matters? Each life God creates is precious.
How about this... Do you want to die in service to the Lord? I am not talking about what some mixed up religions do and do suicide bombings and the like, but real service; not worrying about dying for it, but serving Him with your life that it is inevitable that when you die, you die in service to the Lord.
When you stop and look now at how you will die in this light, you begin to see that it is not the death that you are "planning" but rather the life. Everyone has been called for a purpose. Some of us are called to serve in a local church where it is more safe and secure, but no less important.
I do want to impress upon you that we are now living in an age of great deception and it is going to take many extroardinary believers to make a stand, plan to die in service to the Lord, and step out with a leap of faith to do whatever He asks you to do.
So how will you die? I know how I want to die.. serving the Lord!! I challenge you to look at your death and in turn .... Your LIFE!!
If you want to die at an old age from old age.. WHY? Is just making it to an old age what you want to have accomplished? God does not know time.
If you want to die young, maybe even from your own hand.. WHY? Do you not feel that your life matters? Each life God creates is precious.
How about this... Do you want to die in service to the Lord? I am not talking about what some mixed up religions do and do suicide bombings and the like, but real service; not worrying about dying for it, but serving Him with your life that it is inevitable that when you die, you die in service to the Lord.
When you stop and look now at how you will die in this light, you begin to see that it is not the death that you are "planning" but rather the life. Everyone has been called for a purpose. Some of us are called to serve in a local church where it is more safe and secure, but no less important.
I do want to impress upon you that we are now living in an age of great deception and it is going to take many extroardinary believers to make a stand, plan to die in service to the Lord, and step out with a leap of faith to do whatever He asks you to do.
So how will you die? I know how I want to die.. serving the Lord!! I challenge you to look at your death and in turn .... Your LIFE!!
4 comments:
Hey in youth the other night you told us to go and check out this website. Well we basically talked about this in youth and yes i do want to die serving the lord, but I ask myself... if I were to die right now will I be serving the lord? Thats a question that stumped me.
That is a good question. It comes down to motive. Were you or are you currently doing something for the sake of becoming closer to the Lord, either through learning about Him, praising Him, speaking to Him, listening to Him, working for Him, etc. The motive behind things goes a long way. If you were going to this blog and answering it just because you were bored and it didn't mean anything to you, then "no", you weren't serving the Lord; but if you were trying to learn more about the Lord and wanting to go above and beyond our normal group time, then I think "yes" you were. I hope this makes sense. Now, if all we ever did was blog all day, then I think our priorities are unbalanced, wouldn't you?
Another thought came to mind. If you were to die or the Lord were to come while you were at school or while you at work.. Would you be serving the Lord?
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