Thinking Upon Death, Or The Judgment!

 

Today's Verse is Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. 

    Some forty years ago I read part of the biographies of a couple of men, one the mentor of the other, and they both meditated upon death, and I thought it strange. However, both men were men of God, and thus, men of God’s Word, and it would appear they had laid this verse to heart, even as it was reinforced at the end of the book in the context of this: Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. And thus, they meditated upon death, that is, the day when they would have to stand before God and give an account of all they had thought, said, or done. And to my knowledge, they were ready for that day, having met the Advocate, and lived their lives for Him. What of you, are you ready? Do you have one that will speak for you, or will you find yourself as Job proclaiming: Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? /I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. . . Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent /In dust and ashes. And even as Job was found among the Righteous, where should those that know not God appear? Selah [What woud be your answer?] Amen.

To God be the Glory

Scott

Today’s reading is Ecclesiastes 7-12

Tomorrow’s reading will be 1 Kings 10-11, 2 Chronicles 9