1 Corinthians 15:55-58 (ESV)
55 “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is
your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in
the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Every day roughly 150,000 around the world die. Death has
a way of raising our spiritual temperature and quickening us to re-evaluate
life...especially to ask, "Am I doing all that I can do?"
Have you ever heard of how the Nobel Peace Prize
originated?
Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, awoke one morning
in 1888, shocked to discover his own obituary in the morning news. The
newspaper had mistakenly printed the story about Alfred, instead of his
brother, who had just passed away. As he read his own epitaph, the story of the
"Dynamite King", the great industrialist who made an immense fortune
from explosives -- Alfred Nobel was rudely awakened to the fact that the world
viewed him as a merchant of death! The mistake was not wasted on him. Rather,
it served as his wake up call!
As he read his obituary with horror, Alfred resolved to
make clear to the world his understanding of the true meaning and purpose of
his life. So he used his immense fortune to create a foundation which would
promote and embody his ideal for world peace...and he is now remembered, not as
the "Dynamite King", but the creator of what we know now as the
"Nobel Peace Prize."
Let this be our wake up call. Let's re-evaluate our
lives, look within...and ask ourselves, "Are we truly doing all that we
can be doing for the Lord?" Because when this life is finally past, and
our deeds are all recorded in the "Books", only what was done with
and for the Lord, will last...forever!
Dear Lord, help us evaluate our life today and see what
it is that we are doing for Your good. Help us to things that would bring honor
to your name. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.
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