This is
an interesting question. It does not ask what you do in your life; it simply
asks - what is your life? The Scriptures
pose this question in James 4:13, 14.
(13) "Come now, you who say,
'Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy
and sell, and make a profit.' (14) Whereas you do not know what will happen
tomorrow. For what is your life? It
is even a vapour that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."
So in
the overall scheme of things our lives are likened to a vapour that is seen and
then disappears!
What
sort of foundation is your life built on? Let's consider the words of the Lord
Jesus Christ in Matthew 7:24-27.
(24) "Therefore whoever
hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him
to a wise man, who built his house on the rock: (25) and the rain descended,
the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not
fall, for it was founded on the rock. (26) But everyone who hears these sayings
of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house
on the sand. (27) and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew
and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."
Is your
life built on the Lord Jesus Christ? Then you are like the wise man whose house
was built on a firm foundation. When the storms of life come, will you remain
strong? Or will your life come crashing down?
I am
always amazed at the people who build houses in canal estates in Australia. The
vast majority of these houses are built on sand! If there is ever a major flood
the sand will simply wash away! No house can stand if its foundations are
removed!
What
will happen to you at the end of your life? Are you trusting in your good works
to get into heaven? Salvation only occurs this side of the grave. Once you are
dead it is too late! What we consider good works won't help. You can't get into
heaven on a merit system.
Ephesians
2:8, 9 tells us,
(8) "For by grace you have been
saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, (9) not of works, lest anyone should
boast."
Simple
faith in a living Saviour is the only way into heaven. That's the point of
Calvary; that's why Jesus Christ died for our sins, to bring us to God as saved
sinners.
What is
your life? What will be your final destination - heaven or hell?
Only you
can provide the answer!
Jon Peasey
Ebooks author page https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/JRPeasey
[All
Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted.
Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted
for clarity. Words in bold type
emphasise a point]
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