We All Deserve To Die...

We all deserve to die, but in what manner and how soon.

As I was watching Scorpion King 2 the other day I caught this quote from the evil Sargon as he was about to fight his enemy. I couldn’t help but to agree with what he said that “we all deserve to die.”

Having realized that my life here on earth is not permanent and that death is certain, I am encouraged to live every second of my life and to make it count for something. I know that everyone will die one day and then move on to judgment but I didn’t know that we all actually deserve to die until now.

Yes, we deserve to die.

Why?

Simple, because our permanent residence is not here on planet earth, it is in heaven with God.

Once we truly truly know and accept this truth, I can guarantee that you will be living your life a whole new different way. Many things won’t matter anymore and certain things will matter more than before. Little and petty stuff won’t bother you anymore and your concern will be more towards stuff that really matters. Silly affairs won’t dwell in your mind no more and you will treasure every good memory. Losing certain things won’t cause you pain and hurt anymore and gaining certain things will be of higher priority.

Once you know this simple truth that is shadowed by the things not of God, you will live your life differently and you will say, “There must to be more to life than this.”

But in what manner and how soon.

We can actually choose the manner we want to die but not the time. The time we die is in the hands of God but in our hands is how we die. Whether we die having accomplished what needs to be done or not is up to us. I want to choose to die having known that I have served my purpose in my generation and my time.

I want to die saying in the words of Jesus, “It is finished.”

I want to die saying in the words of Paul, “I am already poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.