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“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.”      Psalm 39:6 NIV

 

In response to his request for understanding, the Lord gave David insight into life on this earth: When we spend our lives pursuing the things of this world, rushing here and there, clamouring about to heap up riches, our lives are empty, without substance, and futile. God also reminded David that we cannot take the things of this world into the next. A life spent only on the things of this world is a wasted, empty, worthless life.

There is the story of a Scottish pastor who was burdened for the soul of a businessman who occasionally attended his church. The man readily admitted that he was not born again. Whenever the pastor would try to talk to him about his soul, the man would reply that as long as he was in good health, he would wait. Besides, he was just too busy to think about such matters. So, one day, the pastor decided to startle the man into realizing that he couldn’t afford to keep dodging the matter of where he would spend eternity. He walked into the man’s office without knocking or calling in advance. When the startled man looked up, the pastor asked abruptly, “Did you expect me?” “No, I didn’t,” the man replied. The pastor then said grimly, “What if I had been Death?” Then he spun around and walked out. The haunting question kept echoing in the ears of the businessman. It demanded an answer. By the end of the day he had trusted in Jesus Christ as his Saviour and Lord. (“Our Daily Bread”) We have two choices: we can live for ourselves or we can live for the Lord.

 

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord, may we live each day for You.

 

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord, may we live our daily lives for You and in so doing bring glory and honour to Your name. AMEN

 

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