Death

I had a conversation over the phone with a mate that I met during street evangelism two months ago. He called and we just chatted over life. Soon, our conversation developed into discussing about death and life, control over life and God's will.

To sum up, my mate seems to worry about death. He wonders if he will leave this earth before getting married. Aha! However, the cause of his worry is the aftermath from a tragedy that his dear friend encountered not too long ago, that indeed men are like flowers, here today gone tomorrow. The tragedy has been haunting him to a certain extent.

Life is beyond our control. Our God he gives and he takes. As Christian, we believe everyone has a purpose on earth where God places us in and we are not an accident. We are not meant to consume oxygen and waste our life. Finding the purpose in God motivates us to live our life to the fullness. Death should not capture our focus, fearful of the time we will leave this earth. In fact, every moment is crucial to fulfill God's plan in our life.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 says that "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die..."

We have one life, how are we going to live this life? Our concern should not be swerved to "How and when will I die?"

Find the purpose in God and receive the peace from God. Death has no sting on us, we are meant to be victorious. Paul said, "For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21. It is an overwhelming statement. It is as well, a very dangerous statement as we proclaim it. Are we living fully for Christ, or our own agenda? Are we pursuing what God has intended for us? Consider death, is it just an end to our story or are we pursuing the eternity, knowing that we have fought a good fight and is ready to hand in our log book to God for review? Build up our life, and aim to leave a godly legacy. We are meant to impact!

When everything fades away, God stands still. Death, has no power over us. In fact, it is a glorious moment when our mission on earth is accomplished and as we are called back, returning to our heavenly abode where the glory of God lasts forever.