The Final Destination! 1/9/22
Matthew 6:19-21 (KJV)
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
I recently read the book, THE FINAL DESTINATION, by a retired Baptist Pastor.
The book was recommended to me by my Urologist after we had discussed in detail the reality of death and the certainty of a Heaven.
From an early age I have been fixated on this reality-DEATH!!
From my teenage years, I knew the reality spoken of by the rock group STEPPENWOLF, WAY back in 1968:
“We'll call you when you're six years old
And drag you to the factory
To train your brain for eighteen years
With promise of security
But then you're free
And forty years you waste to chase the dollar sign
So you may die in Florida
At the pleasant age of sixty-nine.”
Somehow-even as a young boy-I well knew that death was inevitable, sudden, and cruel to those remaining.
Now as I approach my waning years, do I more vehemently understand.
I no longer care for or desire the fanciest new car or the latest I-Phone, that house on the beach AND a beautiful boat to boot!!!!
Now, more than ever, I I see with mine old aged eyes the FUTILITY of those my age and older DESPERATELY clinging to “power, fame, and earthly prosperity.”
One only has to read the Books written by King Solomon to understand his frustration with “the things of this life!!!”
Ecclesiastes 12:8 (KJV)
8 Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
VANITY-or (rarely in the abstract) habel, hab-ale'; from <H1891> (habal); emptiness or vanity; figurative something transitory and unsatisfactory; often used as an adverb :- × altogether, vain, vanity.
Strong's Talking Greek & Hebrew Dictionary.
Solomon also observed this TRUTH:
Ecclesiastes 2:16 (KJV)
16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
“HOW DIETH THE WISE MAN? AS THE FOOL!!!!”
PLEASE do not take me wrong-I BELIEVE in God's desire that we, His children prosper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 John 1:2 (KJV)
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
BUT, have you ever stopped and realized that MUCH of the “treasures” WE accumulate will be deemed petty and worthless to those left here on earth.
My TREASURED guitars, that beautiful house and expensive furnishings, that sports car you keep safely locked in the garage as you cannot drive it in foul weather or for fear that someone might steal it!!!!
HELLO/OUCH-YES!!!
Or as mama used to say, “Don't say WHO!! Your feet don't fit no limb!!!!”
I AM talkin' to you, shoty!!!!!
My beloved friend, now a resident of the wonderful state of Florida, recently challenged US preachers to dare to speak TRUTH.
To borrow a TRUTH I recently read, Jesus and Hid disciples were not tortured and murdered for their preaching on love...............................................
THEY WERE MURDERED AND TORTURED FOR PREACHING THE TRUTH!!!!!
Far be it that we would contemplate that terrible word “DEATH.”
NOW, with these few words I have written, reread Jesus' Words:
Matthew 6:19-21 (KJV)
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
NUFF SAID!!??
God Bless You!!!
Pastor Doug
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