Elvis Presley was a fabulous singer, but my grandchildren have never even heard of him. He sold over a billion dollars of albums with his beautiful voice. Truly it was a gift from God, but he didn’t give God the glory. Unfortunately, he died of an overdose at a young age and his heirs squandered that money away.
What a testimony to fame, fortune, drugs, alcohol, and materialism he was. He was found dead lying in a pool of his own vomit. I have heard it said, “fame is fleeting”, but in Elvis’s case so was his fortune. I learned about twenty years ago that the only important things are the ones stored in heaven. I suppose Elvis didn’t ever learn that.
What a shame that he did not play the long game of doing the right thing but took the easy way of sex, drugs, and fast living. When he died he had to face God alone. His adoring fans which at the height of his popularity could be counted in the hundreds of millions were not with him. He will have to look God in the eyes and explain to Him why he didn’t use his wonderful gift given to him by God to glorify him. Instead, he sang Viva Las Vegas ( Long live Las Vegas otherwise coined sin city) To his credit he did record one gospel album and I listen to it often. Every time I marvel at his deep beautiful voice but also wonder what might have been had he continued singing songs of joyful praise.
I pray he squeaked into heaven. I like to think he might have, but who can know the mind of the Lord. It doesn’t appear that he was a true believer, but there is always hope. If his life tells us anything, it is that life is short and full of trouble. We must play the long game and built our kingdom in heaven and not on this earth. Elvis is no longer king, rather just a fleeting memory. We need to learn from his life and do the right thing in God’s eyes.
James 4:14
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.