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)
Watch your step! This statement is so familiar isn't it? . Parents say that to children, people use that as a warning to others and so on. This is a life warning.
But read further, it is also 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, a life after our physical death.
Just to be clear, our first death, or our physical death, is the separation of our body from our spirit. The second death, is the separation of our spirit from God and God's plan.
Generally, people don't think much 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?
The question is can we save ourselves from this second death? The answer is YES! If we invest our life here in believing in, and following, Jesus Christ, truly and earnestly, we can save ourselves.
Why should we believe this? Because it is a promise from Christ -
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” Revelation 2:11.
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