January—the start of a new year. It is the un-trampled snow, the clean sheet of paper, the "new leaf", and—"This year will be better," we promise ourselves.
But what do we mean by better?
Materially? That new house at last—the raise so long over-due—the old car traded in for a new one?
Physically? To go for that postponed medical checkup? To get more rest—more exercise—to take a real vacation this year?
Or—spiritually? Have you thought of that? While busy working and planning for things to make life more comfortable or to live longer on the earth, have you taken time to care for your eternal future?
If God should say to you, "This year thou shalt die," have you seen to a home for your soul? Jesus said, "In My Father's house are many mansions... I go to prepare a place for you." Have you a place there? Have you listened to His voice saying, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me"? And have you come to the Father by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ?
If you have not done this, remember that now is the only time you are sure of. Won't you make sure that if this should be your last year on earth, it will also be the beginning of a new life with Christ in glory?
"For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: but the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." 1 Peter 1:24, 25.