Tomorrow is Not Promised

Our mortality in this world is never a fun topic, but a necessary one.  While our human bodies are mortal, our souls are not.  They will not die, however they will not all go to Heaven to be with God in Glory.  Some of them, those who die while still living in sin (where Jesus is not Lord and Savior) are condemned to eternal damnation.  

I raise this today, because I see and hear about people passing away at a much more rapid pace than I have in the past or maybe I’m just more conscious of it.  Either way, it is a real thing and we all need to pay attention.  And I’m not just speaking about COVID.  I’m reading and hearing about people dying of cancer after having a recent diagnosis.  People are here today and gone tomorrow – a cliché, but definitely true.  

So we have to take a real look at our lives.  If we die today, where are we going?  Some people say you really don’t know where you’re going.  I beg to differ.  If you have truly accepted the free gift of salvation and made Jesus Lord and Savior of your life, you can rest in confidence that you are saved (John 5:24) and will go to be with Him in heaven.  He said so.  If however, you’ve said you are saved (or know that you’re not), but don’t have a relationship with Jesus, you should be concerned.  

I can’t judge your relationship with the Lord, but I can give you some things to consider.  Do you seek after Jesus?  Do you strive to live your life according to His Word?  Are you convicted when you don’t?  Do you have an appetite for His Word?  Do you love (the action word) others as yourself?  Is Jesus on the throne in your life?  If your honest answer to these questions is, “No,” you may want to consider whether you actually have a relationship with the Lord or if you just know about Him.  Book or head knowledge alone is not what salvation is, it is a change of heart and transformation through our personal experience with Jesus.  He saves us from our sins and as a result our lives are changed – we are new creations (2 Cor 5:17) – we are born again.  

This earthly life is short and we have to make the best use of the time we have.  We don’t know when we will be called out of this world (Job 14:5), but we can know where we are going when we are.  It is up to us.  God is not going to force any of us to choose Him.  We determine our fate in that regard.  Yes, God is in control, but He has given us a choice and we have to live with the consequences of our choices.  

If we choose not to accept His gift of Jesus as Lord and Savior, we choose eternal damnation (Matt 25:31-46).  It has nothing to do with how loving God is (and He is) and it has nothing to do with His desire that none would be lost (and He does) (2 Peter 3:9).  It has everything to do with us.  We decide and then we have to live with it.  Don’t let time pass you by.  There is only one way to the Father and that is through the Son (John 14:6).  Tomorrow isn’t promised (for that matter the rest of today isn’t promised), don’t let your right now get away from you (James 4:13-15).  Choose this day whom you will serve, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord (Josh 24:15).