Have you ever went Black Friday shopping and bought something like a large screen flat screen television at Walmart that costed you $199 but you had to line up overnight and into the wee early hours in the morning just to purchase it? Or have you ever ate a very early Thanksgiving supper meal at 3:00 p.m just so you can be one of the first 10 customers waiting in line at Best Buy to buy the newest gaming console released because it was a special edition?
How does it make you feel when you buy these items? Does it make you feel super happy that you were able to be one of the first persons to own something that you thought would "satisfy" and fill "your spirit" with much happiness and you just couldn't wait to get home and to show it off to your friends and/or family members or even neighbors?
I can honestly say, I've never gone Black Friday shopping ever maybe because I don't like crowds and I don't think it's worth it to me that I have to wait in line for so many hours and have a small chance to be able to buy one of the doorcrasher sale items at the discounted price. Don't get me wrong, I love shopping and I love deep discounts and clearance sales but it's not worth it to me to go shopping on the most busiest shopping day of the year in America.
Since getting Saved, the Lord has showed me that I should use each day wisely He has given to me and not to be lazy or be idle. Please read and consider mindfully the 2 verses below. Please note, in the King James Bible, the word slothful refers to the modern day word meaning lazy.
Psalm 90:12
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
What if I told you my friend that our time on Earth and in this world is very limited and everything we ever owned and even our own life is all but like a water vapour and it vanishes into thin air in a split second and that you could not bring anything with you at the time of your death. I'm telling you the honest truth my friend: the house you own, the car(s) you have, the pet(s) you care for, the child(ren) you might have, the electronics, the books, the money, everything that you ever owned are still going to remain on the physical world but your soul/spirit will leave this earth behind and be judged by the Holy God to where you will spend your eternity.
There is good news to this seemingly "sad" tale my friend, it is the Lord Jesus Christ who came onto this Earth over 2000 years ago on this earth, and He took your place on the cross to die for your and my sins. His Father God in Heaven loved the world so much that He gave us His son Lord Jesus to die for us and our sins, and if you believe in your whole heart that He died on the cross for you, that He is a holy and just God, you may be Saved and can have eternal life in Heaven.
As a child you were probably told the Easter Story and thought and believed that Jesus Christ was put to death on Good Friday and He rose up from the dead and went up to Heaven to be with His Father God on Easter Sunday. However, I want to correct you and urge you to look at the Scriptures and find out for yourself that Jesus Christ, the Savior actually died on Thursday.
So, in closing this blog, I would like to urge you to consider and challenge yourself to see what you are believing in, is it more important for you to have material things on Earth now that you can't bring with you anywhere when you die or is eternal and everlasting life in Heaven more important to you?
In closing, I will share two more Bible verses with you, one is about physical life is all but a vapour and probably the most well known verse in the Bible about eternal life. God Bless You and thank you very much for your time to read this blog. May the Lord bless you richly. <3
James 4: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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