There is one foe that most people don't want to think or talk about DEATH. Some Christians fear, worry and stress others about it while many believers act as if they can't speak about it.
With each passing day our bodies are dying and what can you really do about it? Preventative maintenance like eating healthy, being careful when driving and walking, ridding one's self from bad habits, thinking positively, etc. might extend our years, but our days are numbered. We are checking out sooner or later.
So what does the Christian who knows he or she is dying doing in the meantime? Well one thing we don't have time to do is fight every battle we are invited to by the lost, confused, and sick. We also can't be concerned about every issue that is presented in front of us or what people think about us.
After spending time with a fellow believer leading up to her death, you know what she told me? She didn't want to spend time talking about others' troubles. She wasn't the least bit interested in doing anything that might take her away from serving God, so she asked me many times to pray and read the Bible to her. In time, God called her home.
Sometimes we have to look at our current situations as if we are about to close our eyes. Is all that we cry, complain or fuss about really worth it? If you were lying on your backside would you be thinking about unbelievers, your church home, arguing with toxic relatives and friends, or worried about money, job and children? Some of you probably will be, because your relationship isn't right with the Lord. There is peace and freedom in having a personal relationship with Christ and allowing the Holy Ghost to minister to you.
Allow the Creator to release you from those people and burdens you keep talking, swearing, or worrying about. Stay true to God and don't let anyone or anything tempt you to stray!
Nicholl McGuire author of Know Your Enemy: The Christian's Critic and other books.
With each passing day our bodies are dying and what can you really do about it? Preventative maintenance like eating healthy, being careful when driving and walking, ridding one's self from bad habits, thinking positively, etc. might extend our years, but our days are numbered. We are checking out sooner or later.
So what does the Christian who knows he or she is dying doing in the meantime? Well one thing we don't have time to do is fight every battle we are invited to by the lost, confused, and sick. We also can't be concerned about every issue that is presented in front of us or what people think about us.
After spending time with a fellow believer leading up to her death, you know what she told me? She didn't want to spend time talking about others' troubles. She wasn't the least bit interested in doing anything that might take her away from serving God, so she asked me many times to pray and read the Bible to her. In time, God called her home.
Sometimes we have to look at our current situations as if we are about to close our eyes. Is all that we cry, complain or fuss about really worth it? If you were lying on your backside would you be thinking about unbelievers, your church home, arguing with toxic relatives and friends, or worried about money, job and children? Some of you probably will be, because your relationship isn't right with the Lord. There is peace and freedom in having a personal relationship with Christ and allowing the Holy Ghost to minister to you.
Allow the Creator to release you from those people and burdens you keep talking, swearing, or worrying about. Stay true to God and don't let anyone or anything tempt you to stray!
Nicholl McGuire author of Know Your Enemy: The Christian's Critic and other books.
