I was watching my favourite TV News programme recently and a question was raised…
An Asteroid is heading this way
Apparently, NASA has discovered an asteroid headed in the direction of earth and could collide with us as early as 2032. This raised a question: If you knew the earth would end in 24 hours, what would you do?
If you knew you had only 24 hours to live
For me, it is quite simple. If I knew I had only 24 hours to live, and the world was going to end, I’d seek for my son and hug him for half an hour.
That’s the only priority. Every one else has someone else. Everyone else is less close to me. Everyone else will deal with their situation. For me, I will always be a mother to a wonderful young man. I’d only ask for 30 minutes, because he may have other priorities, and as we aren’t in the same city, it might take some time to get to him.
I’d like to think — and I’m quite confident to think — that I’d be on his priority list too.
What would you do with your final 24 hours?
It’s a compelling question.
Do you know your priority relationships? Duties? Compelling prayers?
I would worship my GOD and I would hug my only son. And I’d wonder, ponder, and ask GOD: what is it like in Heaven?
And then I’d throw up my arms and sing to Him.
What does GOD say about the End?
There isn’t really an End but rather, there is a transformation for those who love GOD and are right with Him.
Revelations 21:4 says, “And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” And the Lord goes on to say in Revelation 4:6-7, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.”
In Christ, there is no reason to fear
The LORD is good. He has promised that those who overcome will inherit all things.
Life will be everlasting, but different.
Let’s make sure we are with GOD
Let’s not fear. But let’s also make sure we are with GOD, rather than not with Him.
What does that mean? Have you done as the LORD has asked you? Are you living a morally pure life? History doesn’t matter, so long as you’ve repented and seek to follow as He would lead you. But are you right with GOD?
With each 24 hours, let’s make the most of our time, day by day, moment by moment.
“Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-14)