When
I was a teenager who had not yet come to know Christ, I was content to think
that it would be sufficient to live to the age of 25. What more was there than
to become a professional musician, spend my time partying, & just burn out
after a few years? After all, a good number of my idols had done exactly that.
Fortunately,
when I came to my senses & gave my life to Christ just after my 18th
birthday, I began to understand that my life was not my own, to do with it what
I wished. Since that time the Lord has blessed me with several additional
decades of life. By His grace, I have tried to invest them in following His
will for me.
Although
this life is short, it is immeasurably important. Whether your life ends at 25
years, or at 50, 60, or 75 or beyond, it is still brief. The primary reason for the
importance of this brief life is that it is to be spent preparing for eternity.
Imagine
a pile of sand 6 feet high. Imagine that every 100 years a bird comes &
removes one grain of sand from the pile. Now imagine that when the last grain
of sand has been removed how long it will have taken to accomplish the task. That
incredibly long period of time is not even the smallest measure of a fraction
of eternity.
It’s
true – the God of the Bible is “the God of the Second Chance.” But the second
chance is given only during our brief time here on earth. We need
to get it right the first time.
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