WHAT WILL MATTER?
Ready or not, someday it will come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
It will not matter what you owned or what you owed. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear.
So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do-lists will expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won’t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracts you lived at the end. It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So, what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your significance. What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your life.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.
What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident. It’s not a matter of circumstance but a choice.
Choice to live a life that matters.
Finally, what really matter is what will happen to you and your soul after death. Hebrew 9:27 says: “Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.”
Jesus Christ promised that He is coming back to bring us to our heavenly home (John 14:1-3) Those who died in Christ will be resurrected with Him to heaven.
( I Thessalonians 4:13-17)
THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST URGENT QUESTION FOR YOU!!!
What if the Lord were to come right now? Would YOU know for sure, nothing doubting, that YOU would go to heaven?
Going to heaven is not a matter of circumstance or accident. It is a matter of choice.
YOU can choose to deny God and ignore Jesus Christ’ promise and invitation. YOU can also choose to know the answer to this important and urgent question. Request for a FREE “WE CARE Bible Study in the privacy of your Home or Office. Just call (415)221-2631 or visit website:goldengatechurchofchrist.org
“Something is not right because the church says it or the pope says it. Something is right because the Bible says it.”
- POPE JOHN PAUL II
The Christian Chronicle, May 2005. p.14
* From “WHAT WILL MATTER” by Michael Josephson
By: Elder Arthur Gabot Madlaing (Golden Gate Church Of Christ, San Francisco, California, USA)
1 comment:
Hi Paul,
Just arrived from the mountains, and the first thing I did was to visit some blogs. I like this article from Art Madlaing-- for the impacts it creates. Death and Judgment are two appointments we cannot escape from. In having an appointment with death, we leave our things behind and someone take over them. In having an appointment with Judgment Day, we all leave our things behind and no one takes over them. Very timely and arresting.
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