On Sunday afternoon, there was a great battle. It was the Denver Broncos playing the New England Patriots for the right to go to the Super Bowl in two weeks. But what made the game even better were two very special players playing against each other. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady have played some of the best football games over their storied careers. But this one might be the most special. Why this one over the other epic games they have played against each other? Because this very well might be the last time they play against each other. Life is about beginnings and endings. Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3, “there is a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up.” My question to all of us is this, are we living and preparing for this to be our last day? Nothing lasts forever including us. In the sermon on Sunday I used this phrase multiple times, “we need to be wise with our time, because we never have as much as we think we do.” I can remember when Peyton Manning and Tom Brady were rookies. Peyton has always been thought of as a great quarterback, but Tom Brady didn’t even start when he got into the league. The only reason we know who Tom Brady is, is because a man named Drew Bledsoe got hurt and Brady had to come in and take his place. It could have easily been a rivalry that never happened. The point is that life takes many interesting and unexpected turns. When you are born everyone talks about how much time you have in front of you, until one day you wake up and realize how much time is behind you, and you struggle to realize how you got where you are. Then in the blink of an eye it is over. Have you prepared for what is next? The Bible teaches that we will all stand before God and give an account for our life. Have we thought about what we are going to say when we stand before Him? Life is too precious to wish it away (an 8 yr old wanting to grow up and be able to drive is an example of wishing your life away) and it goes by entirely too fast. But even worse that wasting or wishing your life away, is not being prepared for your eternity. The only way we can be prepared is to trust Jesus as our Savior, and then live our life for Him. When you have made that decision, then death is no longer something to be feared. It is not the end of you, in fact is will be the beginning of something far greater than we can ever imagine. One more quote from this Sunday’s sermon. “Live today as thought it was your last, because one day you will be right” (I can’t remember who originally said it, but it is a great quote). Are you prepared for eternity?
By His grace and through His strength may we live for Him