(Ecclesiastes
12:7) “Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave
it.”
We all
understand our appointment with death, no one in their right mind believes they
will never die; I speak in the carnal sense. From as far back as we are capable
of remembering we have been introduced to dead; a loved one, a family friend and
so on. For an individual to eventually die is an acceptable truth. Sure, we
will at all cost do our utmost to prolong that event; if we have it within our
means plastic surgery is often a means to an end. Diets become the be all and end
all for some. Most has an opinionated idea on how to prolong one’s life. And
then there are some who just couldn’t give a dam or so it would seem. No matter
how we cut it, at the end of the day death is inevitable and we will all die;
except for those raptured at the coming of the Lord, but let us rather stay on
topic.
Dead is a card
we have all been dealt. So when King Solomon makes the statement in the book of
Ecclesiastes, “then shall the dust return to the earth as it was” it is easily
understood and accepted by most. But what about the other half of that verse; “and
the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.” We now enter the realm of that
which is unseen; no one has visually seen a spirit leave the body and makes it
way to heaven. That now is the realm of the spiritual and not the physical. Why
then do some believe while others not? A very easy question to answer; some
have been quicken spiritually while other not. It all hinges on the word we often
hear “faith”. What is faith? In the context of Christianity let’s put it like
this; belief in and devotion
to God without any doubt even if we find ourselves in an apparent impossible
predicament. Why was the Apostle Peter willing to be crucified upside down for his
involvement in the gospel? His faith towards God!
There are many
even apparent Christians that will confess the Lord Jesus when the going is
easy, but I wonder how many will hold to their faith when it will cost them or
their children their lives? Will I? Time will tell! I pray that the grace of
God would abound to all His children.
The Bible has made
it very clear; yes we shall die but just as importantly our spirits shall
return to God, either to a life of absolute bliss, where pain and suffering will
no longer rule the day while others will never escape an eternal existence of
torment.
Today is the
day of salvation; while we have breath we have hope. If you still sit on the
fence, cry out even now to Jesus Christ the Lord, the One who paid the price
for sin, and He will in no wise cast you out. Our Saviour has such a heart for
the lost, that He cannot ignore a sincere cry. Praise His glorious name, all
hail King Jesus!
The day will
come just as our bodies return to the dust so will our spirits return to the Creator
of the heavens and the earth, the Bible has declared it…
Signing off
Tyrone
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