We live our life dying. Paul tells us that we are "outwardly wasting away, but we are inwardly being renewed every day."
Think about this: we all have the same destiny -- we all die. One day my place on this earth will be empty. A vacant spot will remember me for a short while, but soon it will be filled by another and my place will remember me no more. The Bible speaks of our lives being like the grass of the fields, here today, gone tomorrow. In the big scheme of things my life is but a vapor that passes away before anyone really notices. What will be said of me when I die? How will I die? When will I die? I am not morbidly asking such questions, I only ask to make myself mindful of the life I have now -- today. There is only one life. We are "appointed to live once and then to judgment." I have so much time to complete this assignment, then comes the critique. Will I pass or fail? This is not a graded course... it is pass or fail only. It all depends on how I live this one life I have been given.
May we live our lives mindful of our death. This is the tension in which we must live if we are to live the abundant life our Savior came to give us.
Why should I waste precious time being down in the dumps? I have one life, one chance.
Lord, may I live my life daily in your light, mindful of my death. May the vacant place I leave on this earth be a place of light rather than a place of darkness.
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