I saw a picture posted recently that was encouraging people to be humble by showing a mansion and a thatch hut, each above a grave site that looked exactly the same. The message was meant to convey the idea that everyone will end up in the same type of "abode", but the Truth is that only our physical bodies, for a time, will rest in some sort of grave site. We are NOT merely physical bodies that are here today and eventually end up as dust. We ARE eternal spirit beings, who possess souls (mind, emotions and will) and live, while on the earth, in these human, mortal bodies. We WILL live for eternity never ending in OUR place of choice! We either choose Heaven, by receiving Jesus as our Lord and personal Savior, or we CHOOSE hell and the Lake of Fire by refusing to receive Jesus as Lord and personal Savior! In Proverbs 22 today we see the first part of the message this picture was trying to convey in verse 2:
2 The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.
The rest of the story is found in verse 4:
4 The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
Remember that these "rewards" are a result of our CHOICE! Deuteronomy 30:19 says this:
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
John 10:10 tells us that THIS is God's will for us:
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
Then we see THIS in 1 John 5:11-12:
11 And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life.
So, our quality of this life on earth AND our eternal destination are NOT decided on a whim by the One, True God, but HE has given US the right of choice! He will NOT choose for us and is forced, by His own Word, to honor the choice that WE have made! I pray that you will never make another decision in your life without seeking the Wisdom from the Word and the leading of the Spirit of God! We each will have to be satisfied with the results of our choices, so make the WISE choices NOW! AMEN! Here is Hillsong United with "Prince of Peace":
Shalom in Him!
