Stop worrying about todays problems, for they are but a mist that comes and vanishes in your life. If one reaches mid-life, he starts to see and feel the effects of aging , which is just another word for slowly dying. Sooner or later even the healthiest people, who exercised and ate the most nutritious foods, age, grow weaker and die like all others. There is no stopping our approaching death. Moreover, our material possessions, which we once valued, will be left behind when our spirits depart from our bodies and we leave the land of the living. Gods word states: You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Each mans life is but a breath. All temporal earthly pursuits, achievements and ambitions will have no meaning or value when death finally overtakes us. The only factor that will count then is heart purity, for this will be the deciding factor as to where we will spend our eternity - either in a paradise environment of love, peace, comfort and righteousness or a place of pain and regret in fire with the damned forever. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Heb 9:27,28) For, All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever. And this is the word that was preached to you. Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. (1 Pet 1:24-2:1) The Way of all the Earth This truth about death will hit even the rich, who have been spared much of lifes pain and anxiety as they have lived in great comfort and luxury. Scriptures declare that they too will go the way of all the earth: But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business. (James 1:10,11) The Bible refers to physical death as the way of all the earth. The universality of our approaching death is clearly expressed in those words. Notice how both Joshua and David knew they were going to die before it occurred: You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. (Josh 23:14)
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