What is the possession that you would consider the most valuable thing that you own? For most people it is their home, as purchasing a home is considered a life decision, and is usually the most expensive thing that a person will ever purchase.
But what about your life? How much is life worth to you? You cannot put a price on it, can you? I would say that you could consider a life to be priceless, and that this really is the most valuable thing that anyone can own on this Earth. But there is something even more valuable that can be obtained, though not at this exact moment in time. Yes, it is the gift of eternal life. Not something that can be bought with money or gold, but can be “exchanged” for the life that you currently have. What am I talking about? I am talking about giving the life that each of us has been given and using our time to live for the Lord.
We all have decisions that we make during the course of our lifetime, but if there is one decision that you do not want to forget to make then make the decision to give your all to Christ Jesus. Give Him your life, spend the years that you have left in the service of Him. We all know that everyone dies, it is just a fact. So why not make the decision to trade those short remaining years for an unlimited time spent in Heaven?
Mark 10:23-31 “And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved?
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,
But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.”
Let me put it in perspective this way. Would you give up one hundred dollars today if you had the assurance that you would receive one million dollars later in the future? Would you make that decision?
As valuable as your home is to you, would you be able to give it up in order to obtain something far greater in the future? Could you give the control of your life to God, denying yourself the sinful desires and lusts that are present in our carnal bodies, in order to obtain a life that never ends?
Money, food, clothes, cars, gold, property- you can amass a great array of different possessions, but the length of time that you actually own those things is limited by the length of your life, and then you are gone.
Luke 21:1-4 “And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.
And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.”
Even though this poor widow had so little, she gave everything that she had as an offering to God. It may not have been as much money in total as the other rich men had given, but she gave all of the little that she had, while they gave out of their abundance.
Can you do this, but with your life? Would you trade one life for a lifetime of lives?
In Christ
Andrew
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 