Psalm 39:4-6-4 “Show me, O Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life.
5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man’s life is but a breath. Selah
6 Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He bustles about, but only in vain;
he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
If we believe the scriptures, all physical possessions pass away. They are temporary. We are warned not to put all our efforts into them.
However, how we love our Lord and how we treat others in the Lord’s name does. Love, kindness, and spreading the good news so that others have the opportunity not to parish all matter. These will last an eternity. One way or another they impact and don’t pass away.
I never want to forget how short our life is to be able to serve. It’s too easy to take the tact of why not put off today what you can do tomorrow. I think most of us have lived like that at times. I know I have too much over my lifetime. If Jesus was coming in a week, how would you want to prepare? That’s the importance of His imminent return. We should live everyday like He is coming today.