NOW AND AFTER

There is a popular song with this lyrics ‘vanity upon vanity, the bible records it so, living a life without Jesus is vanity upon vanity’. The person reading this may be saved but have you ever pondered about the fate of the people who haven’t heard about God? Who don’t believe in Jesus? 

I’m currently on the book of Ecclesiastes, the writer was someone who wanted to experience ‘the best’ of life because he thought he would find satisfaction in that, after experiencing life, he came to the conclusion that everything has an end and there’s really nothing about life. What inspired  this post is chapter 2. I highly recommend that you read it. Its very interesting. Notably, verse 1 of Ecclesiastes chapter 2 says,  “i said to myself; come now, i will test you with pleasure to find out what is good. But that proves to be meaningless”. The writer expressed further how he built houses, planted vineyards, ruled a kingdom and did a whole lot of other things but he still didn’t find satisfaction in them.

Don’t get me wrong, a believer is meant to live life experiencing heaven on earth, enjoying his/her inheritance in Christ till God calls them home. However, we shouldn’t forget that the life we live here, we live for God and not for ourselves and it can only be meaningful when we focus on the assignment he gave to every believer, the great commission, which is to make Christ known and bring men to salvation, Mathew 28 vs 18-20. Without doing this, we live on earth in vain. We have eternal life, but have you ever thought of where the unbeliever who is your friend, neighbor, parent, colleague would go after they die? Even before death, shouldn’t they enjoy the good things you enjoy in Christ? This is a big deal, the biggest deal.

Don’t let pride or what I term “passive pride” (shyness, being an introvert etc) or any other thing stop you from saving a life.