Purpose Driven Life - Day 4

Day 4   Made to Last Forever

 

This life is not all there is. Life on earth is just the dress rehearsal before the real production. You will spend far more time on the other side of death--in eternity--than you will here. This life is preparation for the next.

The Bible says "God has planted eternity in the human heart. You have an inborn instinct that longs for immortality. This is because God designed you, in his image, to live for eternity. Even though we know everyone eventually dies, death always seems unnatural and unfair. The reason we feel we should live forever is that God wired our brains with that desire!

Just as the nine months you spent in your mother's womb were not an end in themselves but preparation for life, so this life is preparation for the next. If you have a relationship with God through Jesus, you don't need to fear death. The Bible says, "This world is not our home; we are looking forward to our everlasting home in heaven."

Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever. Years ago a popular slogan encouraged people to live each day as "the first day of the rest of your life." Actually, it would be wiser to live each day as if it were the last day of your life. Matthew Henry said, "It ought to be the business of every day to prepare for our final day."