Saturday, September 29, 2018

Which Way

A passer-by in a graveyard found the following inscription on a tombstone:

Farewell, my friendly passer-by,

As you are now, so once was I.

As I am now, you soon shall be;

Prepare for death and follow me.

The passer-by stopped and reflected on the message. He was not satisfied with the inclusive destiny. Follow he must, but whither bound? Without further hesitation he stooped and wrote the following below:

To follow you I’m not content,

Unless I know which way you went!

This reminds me of the many people that are unprepared for death. Many try to persuade themselves that with death it’s all over. But is it? God tells us in His Word that death is the portion of all humanity by divine decree. “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). But the good is in the next verse. “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation” (verse 28).