It was Christmas Eve 2013 when a tropical trough hit the island of Saint Vincent as well as some other islands in that region of the eastern Caribbean. The islands in that area are very mountainous and the rains came so heavy and so fast that it caused great flooding and landslides. As the dirt and rock cascaded down the mountains in the middle of the night, a family escaped from their home that was directly in its path. However, one of them realized they didn’t have their cell phone, and thinking they had enough time to retrieve it went back into the house. The sad result was that they died in a tangled mass of concrete, corrugated steel, wood and household items.
“How tragic!” you say. But this incident is symbolic of many who are going into a lost eternity as they try to hold on to something they consider valuable in this world. The Lord said: “What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mark 8:36-3736For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? (Mark 8:36‑37)).
There is nothing in the world worth hanging onto in exchange for eternal salvation and the joy of knowing Christ!