April 21, 2021 – Click here to listen
I have a friend who is absolutely terrified to die. He is about ten years younger than me and he talks about it every time I see him. He just cannot get over the fact that I’m not afraid of death and cannot understand any risky adventure that I embark on such as going fishing in rough seas.
No he is not a Christian. Not because I’ve failed to witness to him mind you. It’s because he just cannot bring himself to believe in Jesus. I’ve told him I’m not afraid to die because my true home is to be with God in heaven and not here.
I realize I’m only here for a vapor and want to make the most of every minute especially spending time with my wife and children, but when the time for me to go to my true home arrives, not to bother shedding any tears for me because I’ll be on the greatest adventure of them all and I’ll be grinning like a possum.
He openly envies my thinking on this. So what is the problem? He can have what I have free of charge. The Bible is clear that the Holy Spirit is the One who draws us to Jesus. An evangelist merely plants the seed and waters it with prayer and Scripture. When the Holy Spirit calls it seems that we would all happily come realizing that all genuine joy emanates from God. The Bible states, Behold I stand at the door and knock . . . ” So just answer the door my friends.
I really like my buddy and enjoy his company immensely along with at least four other friends in similar circumstance and truly wish they would become believers and followers of Christ, but I cannot do more than I have done. It is up to them now. They have no excuse because they have heard God’s plan of salvation.
Life seems to have picked up the pace and it is almost shocking when I consider the brevity of it. When I was young, I rarely thought about it, but when I began to get on up in years, I realized that the stark reality is that the remainder of my life is far less than the years I’ve lived.
I ran a post not long ago showing a tombstone in an old Key West cemetery with an engraving that read, “The adventure continues” on it. The gentleman whose remains were below the earth was Captain Bob no less. I can relate, my life has been quite an adventure but it doesn’t stop when I take my last breath. In fact it will be just getting started.
Fear death?
Bah!
Why???
Phil. 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ . . .