Musick-al Note # 278
What is the most important thing to you? Well, many things are important and the way we plan and order our lives show what we really think is most important to us. What is worth our work, labor, energy, time and the products of these things? A few years of pleasure? Is this all there is to life? When we grow older and life is seen in better perspective, we begin to see that there is more to life than that which is seen on the surface. Life is more than pleasure and fulfilling of our own desires. We begin to see life that extends into eternity and the older we get the more that realization comes to us unless we rebel and refuse to observe the natural phenomenon of life and death and the inborn yearnings of human nature to live eternally.
Placing spiritual emphasis upon our lives is difficult when we have much of the material world around us to make our lives pleasurable. Yet to obtain eternal life, we must deny ourselves, take up the cross and follow Jesus. No thoughtful person should lightly consider life without HIM. Following Him means doing His will. Read it daily, commit it to memory, obey its words and eternal life is promised us. What kind of life should we then live? “Seeking first the kingdom of God.” Forsaking all and following Jesus.” Hate father, mother, children, land, houses and life to love Him most.” Are these not for us? Can we serve Jesus and deny His right to rule our lives? Can we fulfill the lusts of the flesh and remain His? Can we seek first the pleasures of this life and forsake His cause and still be doing His will? Is it of no concern for us that the world is lost in sin and doomed to eternal destruction? Can we deny the Word of God to establish our own way of salvation? Brethren, we ought to THINK. Remember, we are not our own, we belong to Christ therefore we should determine to do his will and no longer think of selfish desires.
Gordon Musick
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