Today I was surprised by the news of the death of one of my acquaintance who also was my teacher, she was also the jury of my debate competition when I was in high school.
We were often involved in the debate as jury, as I graduated. I was very shocked when I heard the news of her death. How not, as I recall, she was still in good health two weeks ago, when we got together organizing debate competition for high school kids. I didn’t even see the signs of sickness in her face. She was so healthy.
Also last night when I was in church, we talked about the murder case of a first high school student who conducted cruel. I got to think, why do people want to do a sadistic crime like that?
I also remember what happened last week when one of my friends called and asked for prayer for his brother who was in a coma and dying in the hospital. I still recall praying for his brother, although I wasn’t there with them in the hospital, I prayed from the church. I even contacted some friends as well for praying together We were so confident of the healing of our friend’s brother, we believed that he will be touched by God and be healed. But several minutes later I got news that my friend's brother had just breathed his last breath.
I then thought, why death comes so quickly?
I am sure, my friend never wanted his brother to go that soon and I'm also sure, that the junior high school student and my teacher never thought they would be called so soon as well.
.This afternoon I was lying in my bed thinking about this. I finally learned something, “Do not care whenever we are called home by the Father, at what time anyway, and by any means. We only need to know, as long as we have close and intimate relationship with Him who created us, death is not something that is so shocking and shaking”.
We do not need to know when are we going to die. What we need to know is where we go when we die.
Because after all, no matter you believe it or not, like it or not, but I just want to say, you will only spend your eternity in one of these two places; HEAVEN, OR HELL.
There’s no place in between. Even earth cannot be your hiding place.
Perhaps you often think, why sometimes God calls people so quickly.
You may also ask, what about the fate of those who do not know God? God impressed to not to give them the chance/opportunity. But if truth be told, God has given us many opportunities every day.
Every breath we breathe, every blink of our eyes, and each of our pulse, an opportunity is given by God. Opportunity for what? Opportunity to seek Him, know Him and open our hearts to Him.
It is written, "Seek the Lord while He may be found, call on Him while He is near".
Brother, I want to tell you, if you read this, be assured that God is waiting for you and He is pleased that you meet him. Do not waste your chance, because you can never know what will happen to you or the people closest to you after you finish reading this article.
Remind the people around you about this. Because all this week God taught me about this, which is to seek the Lord and call upon Him while He is near and may be found, because when He no longer so close to us, then it is death that come close to us.
God will continue to give us the opportunity while He is close to us and while He still may be found by us, BUT, when death comes it would not give you the opportunity again, even just to regret your life. DEATH WOULD NOT WAIT.
Are you ready?
I want to end this article with two questions:
1. If you died today, do you believe that you will go to heaven?
2. If you died today and you stand before God and God asked you, "why should I let you enter my Paradise?"
WHAT ‘S YOUR ANSWERS?
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God bless you,
~JACK LOLOIN`~
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