Time Will Pass And So Will We

Rom 14:7-8 "For none of us liveth unto himself and no man dieth unto himself. For whether we life, we live unto the Lord and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we therefore or die, we are the Lord's."

Someone once said that there are only two things for sure in this world - death & taxes. Well, some people are able to get out of paying taxes, but no one is able to escape death. Heb 9:27 says "It is appointed unto man, once to die. After that the judgement". During my time as a minister I have had the privilege to be a part of many many funerals. Some people that I was very close to and some that I didn't even know. But, all of these people had an impact on the lives of those that knew them. They may have made a good impression or they made have made a bad impression, but their life effected another. The same is true with those people who lived 100 years ago, or 200 years ago. But, we don't have any idea who they are or what their life was like. They may very well have left quite a legacy behind them. A legacy that continued on for a season, yet has no bearing on our lives today. I don't mean to sound like our lives don't amount to anything after we are gone, because that is far from the truth. My point though, is that our legacy, like those who have come before us, will soon pass - just as we will. In the whole scheme of things we will touch the lives of only a very small number of people while we live and after we are gone. But, God has given us the joy, as well as the responsibility, to make a difference in those lives. We will either show them the way to the glories of Heaven through Jesus Christ, or we will lead them down the road of destruction and condemnation in hell. Another familiar quote says "tis only one life and soon twill pass. Only what's done for Christ will last" We should not live so that we will be remembered, we should be remembered because we have lived. Because time will pass and so will we.