Ephesians 5: 15- 17
"So watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! Don't live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants". (5:15–17 MSG)
The highlighted first statement is so familiar. Parents say that to children, people use that as a warning to others and so on. This is a general warning. But read further, it is a guideline for every Christian.
As we travel a path carefully chosen according to His will, word and purpose, God presents us with so many opportunities. Opportunities to flourish and prosper, and also opportunities to say NO. Opportunities to lead an exemplary life. Opportunities to use our gifts for others.
We cannot pass our time mindlessly, but realize every second we live is an investment we make into life.
And why? Because at the end of it all, we have the promise of His return and our saving from a second death. People don't think about their second death too seriously, specially young people. We are all pre- occupied with our physical death and how to prolong our physical life. But think this - if physical death is so fearsome to us, how much more horrible and painful the second death will be.
But we have a promise - to be saved that horrible fate. In this mid Week Message Pastor Rajiv talks about the second coming of Christ and what it means for our future and why we should invest in that future.
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