I'm Terminal

Today I performed the funeral of an 88-year-old member of our church. For many years she had suffered with Alzheimer’s; today she is free from the prison of her mind and body. I really don’t look forward to performing funerals, that is one part of my "job" I really don’t like. I’m sure you don’t like attending funerals either. But there is something so beneficial about funerals - it forces us to take a look at our mortality.

The fact is, I’m terminal; you’re terminal too. One day we won’t be here anymore. The death rate has been hovering somewhere around 100% for some time now. I’ve told people before that their best investment is in life insurance. You will die (unless Jesus comes back first) so life insurance is the only 100% guaranteed investment you’ll ever make.

Deep down we know that one day we will die. But there is something about us that wants to ignore that fact, so we suppress that thought and push it down so that we don’t think about it. So today I’m embracing the fact that one day I’m going to ‘kick the bucket’. That thought forces me to embrace every moment that God gives me.

We count our lives in years but God tells us in Psalm 90 to number our days. The truth of the matter is that all of us are just one heartbeat away from eternity. This life is too unpredictable and way to brief to live it without Jesus Christ at the very center of our lives.

I’m sorry to break it to ya’ but one day you are going to be checking out of here. So in the meantime live this life – don’t just exist, really live. Live this life for the ONE who holds your eternity in His nail pierced hand.