Dear Young Christian:
The advertising slogan of a major furniture and appliance store in a country where I was traveling, read:
“LIVE LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW!”
Now, granted this was just a catchy slogan to get people to shop and accept the company’s credit terms of not having to pay interest for several months, but it really sums up the spirit of the age we live in. The unbeliever says, “Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we die” (1 Corinthians 15:32).
However, this is not how a Christian is to live. We are to live in view of the time when we will be required to give an account of everything that has been entrusted to us: our time, our energy, our intellect, and our material possessions. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:19). What kind of account will you have to give for this week’s activities?
Your Christian Friend,
Jim Hyland
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