THINKING THERE, BUT BETTER HERE

WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT WE ARE NOT PLACED HERE ON EARTH TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

HOW OFTEN WE HAVE HEARD THE SUGGESTION THAT WE WEAR THIS WORLD LIKE A LOOSE GARMENT.

LOOSE GARMENTS OF COURSE ARE EASY TO SHED, AND QUICK TO HIT THE FLOOR, FREEING US THE BOUNDARIES OF WHATEVER THE GARMENT IS WE HAD ON.

ALL CLOTHING POSSESS RESTRICTIONS OF SOME SORT.

FOR THAT REASON GOD ALLOWED ADAM AND EVE THE FREEDOM OF SKIN AND IT'S LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES.

ONCE THEY SINNED THEY WERE BOUND SPIRITUALLY AND REQUIRED TO BE BOUND NATURALLY, FIRST BY LEAVES, THEN BY CLOTHING.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE ALSO BEEN INFORMED THAT WE ARE PILGRIMS PASSING THROUGH THIS EARTH ?

LET'S NOT BEHAVE AS THOUGH WE AREN'T REQUIRED TO LEAVE THIS PLAIN, AND THAT WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANNER WE ENTER THE NEXT PLAIN, AND WHICH PLAIN WE ATTAIN, HEAVEN OR HELL.

WE ARE STILL EXPECTED TO LIVE, AND MAKE THE MOST OF THE LIFE AFFORDED US.

OF COURSE WE ARE TO PLACE GOD FIRST, AND STRIVE TO BE AS CHRISTLIKE AS POSSIBLE.

YET IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF OUR ATTEMPTS TO ACHIEVE THIS HAPPY BALANCE WE ARE TO NEVER ALLOW THE REALITY OF DEATH TO BE FAR FROM OUR CONSCIOUS THOUGHTS.

THIS SHOULD BE DONE THAT WE NOT BECOME CAVALIER ABOUT OUR SALVATION, AND EVER AWARE OF THE FACT THAT OUR, AND OUR LOVED ONES CALLING FROM EARTH TO THE GRAVE MAY ONLY BE WEEKS, DAYS, HOURS, MINUTES, OR EVEN SECONDS AWAY!

DEATH IS NOT TO BE ALLOWED TO BECOME SOME MACABRE OBSESSION WHERE WE DWELL ON DEATH TO THE POINT THAT WE CAN'T LIVE, BUT IT SHOULD LITERALLY LOOM OVER OUR DAILY ACTIVITIES.

WE SHOULD DISCIPLINE OURSELVES TO DISCERN AND DETECT DEATHS POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE EVERYDAY MOVEMENTS OF OURS AND OUR LOVED ONES LIVES.





2DAYS PROPHETIC ADMONITION:

IF WE ARE IN CONSTANT PREPARATION FOR OUR OWN DEPARTURE FROM LIFE TO ETERNITY WE WILL STRIVE FOR CHRIST LIKENESS IN ALL WE DO REALIZING OUR TIME COULD COME ANY SECOND.

WE ALSO WOULD STOP TAKING FOR GRANTED THE ONES WE CLAIM TO LOVE SO.

BOTH OF THESE SCENARIOS PROPERLY PLAYED OUT WILL LEAD TO OUR BEING BETTER STEWARDS OVER EVERYTHING, MORE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR SALVATION, PREFER OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS BEFORE OURSELVES, TITHE PAYERS, OFFERING GIVERS, MORE COMPASSIONATE, FORGIVING, LONGSUFFERING ETC......

BEING IN A STATE OF CONSTANT PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE WILL MAKE US BE OVER THERE IN THOUGHT, BUT BETTER HERE.