Death
This is not a subject that most people are comfortable discussing. Death involves some unknowns and seems so final. I think if we get the subject out on the table, we will embrace life with more vitality and vigor. I think I can be more positive living my life here on earth when I keep death in proper perspective. Newsflash: The death rate here on earth is 100%! Everyone on earth is going to die, unless the Lord comes back first. I still mourn the death of my grandparents because of my deep love for them. I miss them and I wish I could have a conversation with them. I am not trying to be flippant about life, but I’m also trying to be prepared when death comes to me or someone close to me.
I have been reading through the first five books of the Old Testament that Moses penned. He had a special relationship with God throughout his life. Moses death was special too. He was allowed to see the land promised to Abraham, Isaac & Jacob. Check this out….
5 So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab, just as the Lord had said. 6 The Lord buried him in a valley near Beth-peor in Moab, but to this day no one knows the exact place.
10 There has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face. 11 The Lord sent him to perform all the miraculous signs and wonders in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, and all his servants, and his entire land. 12 With mighty power, Moses performed terrifying acts in the sight of all Israel.(Deuteronomy 34:5,10-12 NLT)
I love the fact that the Lord buried Moses. I love the intimate relationship Moses had with God. I want a close relationship with God like that. I want to walk so closely with the Lord that I don’t fear death here on earth. I want to “live like I’ll die tomorrow; die knowing I’ll live forever” (thanks Rich Mullins). Life here on earth is a vapor. Life is fragile. Life is temporary. Eternity is forever. Eternity is permanent.
I think it’s wise to make preparations for the permanent instead of getting so caught up in the temporary. I am an emotional wreck when death comes to someone I love and know. I don’t mourn without hope, but I still mourn. I want to look a life a bit differently today because I’ve examined death and I’m embracing the fact that it comes to every one of us here on earth. I’m going to keep living and following the Lord until my time of death comes.
Pressing On!
Dwayne
Thank you for this.
Death is something I have spent a lot of time reflecting on.
Death in my life is what God used to draw me to him.
Death loses its sting once you know the Lord and the truth about eternity.
I’m thankful that you welcomed the Lord into your journey through death. It is not easy, but it is simple – surrender. Thanks much my friend. This was a hard post.