Are you PREPARED for eternity?

By:Ting Ting

Had mentoring about a week ago with my mentor, currently we’re going through Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. Guess most of you know this book. Anyway, that day’s topic for our mentoring was chapter 4: Made to Last Forever. Not a catchy title, but had no choice so I read through that chapter to prepare for that day’s mentoring.

I thank God that I didn’t skip that chapter. Because what is written inside is a very IMPORTANT reminder for me, and I think it’s a very important reminder for you too. So I wanna share with you guys (can’t be so selfish to keep this reminder all by myself!). Here goes:

From the book – Life on earth is JUST the dress rehearsal before the real production. You spend far more time on the other side of death – in eternity – than you will here. Earth is the staging area, the preschool, the tryout for your life in eternity. It is the practice workout before the actual game, the warm up before the race begins. This life is preparation for the next.

At most, you will live to a hundred years on earth, but you will spend FOREVER (remember that forever = NEVER ending) in ETERNITY.

While life on earth offers many choices, eternity offers only 2: heaven or hell. Your relationship to God on earth will determine your relationship to him in eternity. When you fully comprehend that there is more to life than just here and now, and you realize that life is just a preparation for eternity, you will begin to live differently. You will start living in light of eternity, and that will colour how you handle every relationship, task, and circumstance. Suddenly many activities, goals, and even problems that seemed so important will appear trivial, petty, and unworthy of your attention. The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears. (How true =))

IF our time on earth were all there is to life, we could indulged ourselves in total self-centeredness because our actions will have no long-term repercussions. BUT (this is what makes the difference) death is NOT the end of you! Death is not your termination, it is your transition to eternity, so there are eternal consequences to everything you do on earth. Every act of our lives strikes some chords that will vibrate in eternity.

The only time most people think about eternity is at funerals, but forgets about it soon after. Only a fool would go through life unprepared for what we all know will eventually happen. You need to think more about eternity, not less.

Just as nine months you spent in your mother’s womb were not an end but in preparation for life, so this life is preparation for the next. Measured against eternity, our time on earth is just a blink of an eye, but the consequences of it will last forever.

Didn’t expect this to be so long, sorry guys.

So, here’s something to ponder about, am I PREPARED for eternity? If your answer is yes, good for you! =) If your answer is no, it’s all right! =) God’s waiting for you! You still have some time left, not a lot though. So don’t waste your time anymore, get ready for HEAVEN! =)