Devotion
for Wednesday August 14, 2019
Topic:
Are You Prepared For Your Death?
Text:
Hebrew 9:27 – 28
The
issue of death was decreed by God when Man fell off His glory. So death coming
to Man is not a strange thing. Death is a passage to eternity.
Our
place of eternity is determined by the way we live our lives on earth before we
die. Jesus taught that there is eternity which comprises of eternal life or
eternal condemnation (John 5:27 – 29).
At death, every man’s final state is determined.
The
fixed order for all men is to die once, and to be judged after death. When they
die, finality is tamped on their work on earth. The death is the result of this
appointment (Genesis 3:9). The cause of the appointment is sin (Romans 6:23)
and the appointment with death is for all men whether godly or ungodly.
How
are you preparing for your death? Robin Sharma said in his book, WHO
WILL CRY WHEN YOU DIE that if someone desire to live well, he should
often organize his funeral. Robin Sharma’s idea will certainly help us to
number our days and live well as the Psalmist asserted in Psalm 90:12. Do you
live your life as if death and judgement will never come? Do you oppress people
because you feel they are inconsequential?
The
judgement awaiting us after death will be based on the way we live our lives
here on earth (John 5:29). There is need to prepare yourself for death on daily
basis because it can come at any time and any age. Start the preparation now
because it will determine where you will spend your eternity.
Food for
Thought:
“Death to the Christian is the funeral of all his sorrows and evils and the
resurrection of all his joys” – John H. Aughey
Memory verse: Psalm 90:12
Prayer: Lord, may I daily prepare
myself for my death and judgement so as to escape eternal condemnation in Jesus
name!
