The funny thing is, everyone must hit their breaks and stop at the big toll booth in the sky we call death. You can try to ignore the destination, switch lanes, or get another GPS...but this is one stop we all have to make sooner or later. "And just as it is appointed for all men to die once, and after that we face judgement. (Hebrews 9:27) It's at this moment our driving record will make all the difference for our future.
Solomon, the wise king who wrote the book of Ecclesiastes in the bible, had the money and the power to do it all. In his lifetime, he indulged in every whim and fantasy that crossed his mind. In the end, he called his earthly pursuits "living under the sun", and summarized the pleasures of self fulfillment as "chasing the wind." (Ecclesiastes 1:14)
So whats my point? Is enjoying life wrong? No way! Jesus came to offer us abundant life- now- in the land of the living. (John 10:10)
The problem is, sometimes we grovel in the dirt, confining ourselves to vanishing pleasures, and momentary satisfaction. God wants us to live above all the glitz and glamour that turns out to be futile, empty, and disappointing. Our Creator placed eternity in our hearts. He asks us to see life from an elevated vantage point, "above the sun." When we begin to see our future through the lens of eternity, our choices, decisions, values, and priorities will line up with God's Word and His plan for our lives.
I don't know about you, but when my life comes to a screeching halt, and I'm driving up to that Pearly tool booth that opens the way to heaven, I want to have an E-Zpass and roll right into the streets of gold.
Jesus assures us...."The person whose ears are open to My words, and believes and trusts in Me has eternal life. and he does not come into judgement but he has already passed over out of death to life. (John 5:24)
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