Friend, where is thy soul?
There is no more generally accepted truth than the existence of the human soul. Yet there is no truth more commonly disregarded by mankind. The body reigns everywhere. Its appetites are pampered, its claims are deemed imperative, its wants are catered to with unwearying diligence.
The body is fed, nursed, adorned, comforted; every limb clothed, every organ gratified. But the soul is under-valued, famished, forgotten. Its claims are slighted; its eternal destiny is unheeded; its very existence is ignored.
My friend, your soul is really you! It is the living being that sojourns within the vesture of human flesh —thinking, speaking, acting— using your body as a vehicle of communication with the world.
Your soul, with all its attributes— conscience, reason, will, affections—destined for immortality, but ruined by sin—is of infinite moment.
"God to redeem it did not spare
His well-beloved Son;
Jesus, to save it, stooped to bear
The cross with all its shame.”
"Where's thy soul?" Have you surrendered it by faith into the Redeemer's hands? Are you committing the keeping of your soul to Him in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator?
Do not suppose that there can be safety or happiness otherwise. The senualist, hoping for satisfaction in carnal husks, may say to his soul: "Soul, take thine ease: eat, drink, and be merry." But "in the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits." "For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world and lose (or forfeit) himself?" (Job 20:2020Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. (Job 20:20); Luke 9:2525For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? (Luke 9:25)).
Only the Christ of God, who is "the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls," can save, and feed, and keep your soul unto life eternal.
And why does He prize it so? Because it cost Him SO MUCH— His very life.
"Lover of souls! Thou know'st to prize
What thou has bought so dear.”
Will you not come to Jesus, the eternal Lover of your precious soul, and give it into His keeping NOW? Tomorrow may be too late.