I went to church yesterday and I heard a message on the very topic I posted on, last Friday. I was so excited, because the pastor took the topic a step further from the point I stopped. He told us what to do in these times, which are apocalyptic. As the time draws near and the world careens to it's close,we should invest in eternity everyday. Simple. Hmmm, does that mean we should do nothing and just wait for the inevitable end? No. One needs to keep living but there is more to these times and to this life than survival and the pursuit of pleasures or money or fame or achievements or spouses or ...(you can fill in the blank I am sure).
For those of us who are Christians , we should focus on the spiritual disciplines-prayer, bible study, worship, solitude, anything and everything that develops our spiritual lives, that readies us for eternity. For those who are not Christians, give Christianity (most especially Christ himself) a thought. A serious thought.
I remember once, a lady (actually my boss at the time) asked me if I believed there was another life beyond this one. I said yes. For some reason, she seemed surprised and asked me why. I told her that when I looked around me, most especially at nature, I reasoned that everything I see must have come from somewhere...somebody or something must have created them. They didn't just begin to exist on their own. I told her another reason was this- I noticed that if a person gives himself or herself to evil or to doing bad (whatever you may decide to define as bad), there is this progression into being more evil, being worse, getting more and more enmeshed in whatever. For me, this pointed to the existence of the ultimate bad or ultimate evil state or entity; and if there be an ultimate evil, there must be an ultimate good. I threw the question back at her and she answered that the way people died made her think that there must be something more than just this life. She explained that she was in a party the previous day and a friend of hers who was dancing on the dance floor, slumped and died. She said she was sure his spirit or soul was still dancing even as his body fell. It happened so suddenly. I could actually picture it happening-him buggying away and then his body falling while his soul was still stepping. Funny...I know it's morbid but the mental picture is funny. She was holding on to the belief that life didn't end here.
All that is rational thinking and by the wayside. The real deal is that I have chosen to believe in God-the supreme being who is Creator of all, knows it all, is all powerful and all mighty. I have chosen to believe in Christ, His son and that is all that matters. Eternity with them is my focus. Well, is supposed to be my primary focus as I was reminded yesterday.
I find that I have many questions especially for those who are not Christians or anything. How do they manage their spirituality? Man cannot deny that there is more to him than just his body and mind (even the mind is ethereal in nature) . What is their focus? What guides them? I knew an atheist once and he seriously believed that there was no God. I wonder how he is processing all the events going on around us and around him.
In my experience, we all tend to focus on that which is pressing or in front of us. Our needs, desires and responsibilities. It is time to focus less on the now and begin to focus on the eternal, the ever after, the world beyond, the things we cannot touch and yet know that they exist, the things we sense and most especially the One we sense because we came from Him. It is time to focus on God.
Thanks for reading. Cheers everyone.
