One day you will die. You probably don’t think about that a lot but you should think about it more. One day you will pass into a reality that you now find impossible to even imagine. You will see, hear and feel things, but what will those things be? When it comes to death there tends to be a void in our imaginations. It is difficult to conceive of a reality beyond our own and yet all around us people pass into this reality one after another. Death looms before us like an abyss and we are on a conveyer belt toward it. Your turn will come. You will pass into this abyss like everyone else. Let this realisation be the light that illuminates the words of Jesus when he speaks about life beyond death. For to Jesus, death was not an abyss but a gateway to a new life, an eternal life. If you belong to him you can view death in the same way. When you die your ears will hear the voice of God and your eyes will see a new heaven and a new earth. The time to enter this life, though, is not when you die but now. Jesus says that if you believe in him, that is, if you will entrust your life to him, then you have passed over from death to life. You will live forever in the favour and blessing of God. That is Jesus’ promise.
Entrust your life to Jesus.
Read John 5:24-30
