Bible says:
Eclesiastes 12:1-8
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no delight in them”; before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim; and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly. Furthermore, men
are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree
blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is
ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street. Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “all is vanity!”
While we are still at the prime of our lives, we have to spend our time wisely. Don't waste it with things of frivolity. The video below is an advertisement for a bank in Taiwan done years ago. Obviously, it encourages people to prepare for their "future". It is good to plan ahead, but there is a thing called eternity that we should give more focus to. Before that day comes, a rigid preparation has to be done. It is saddening that, little did many people realize that no matter how we plan for our lives, inevitably, all of us will die in whichever way and timing God will allow. And our borrowed life will go back to God. Everything that we worked hard for will be left
behind.
Still,
the big question remains: What will we live for:? Save and work for things of this world OR, prepare on something that God has prepared for us after everything
here
on earth is done? Will we still be bothered much on keeping things that is seen in this place called earth? The problem with us, people, is we are so much attached to things we see around. We are very much disturbed on how to acquire more and more material things each and everyday. In one of Thanksgiving day, Bro. Daniel discussed about how can God destroy all people's riches in a single wink. All He can do is send typhoon or earthquke, maybe. Then everything will be gone. Forever. What happened to Japan was his example.
Bible says:
2 Corinthians 4:18
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
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Japan before part it was stricken by Tsunami this year.
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And this is what 's left after the tragedy.
In a matter of hours, all was gone. many died. few survived. The once so progressive place looks like a haunted town now. Riches cannot save anyone. God can take it away in a snap. And if calamity don't come our way, still everything you have will rotten in time.
Bible says:
Matthew 6:19-20 Treasures in Heaven“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin
do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
This was once a beautiful house. Now, a beautiful house no more.
God has given us life for us to spend in servicing Him, with our whole capability and ability.
Bible says:
(Luke 10:27) And he answered, " You shall love the Lord God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and neighbors as yourself."
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