Investing in the Right Stock?

Walking towards home? No, the real home. The home we all are walking towards. Whether we are heading toward an eternity apart from or with God, we are heading to our eternal destination, our eternal home. As discussed in the last meeting, our destiny is impossible to avoid. As Abraham journeyed from Ur to the promise land, we are journeying towards our death. Each one of us. No one escapes. Are you afraid? You should be, as ultimately we journey alone. At the end of our life, seemingly, it's just us The journey towards death is lonesome. But are we really alone? That's where the gospel penetrates us like an arrow through the heart. Jesus promises to be with us. Not only is Jesus present during this life when we need him, but he says he will be with us til the end (Ps. 23).

My wife said something interesting the other day. As we were talking about the afterlife she said, "It's interesting that people work their entire lives for the comfort of this world, seeking riches and a higher standard of living. But when they are faced with death, the only thing they ask for is what is truly important. Yet in most cases, people fail in their life to invest at all in the thing they ask for at the end." It's simple, but brilliant. Our money, fame, mind or anything that we invested in this life matters at all when faced with death. Simply the relationships we built are the only thing that matters at the end.

Here I see a dilemma. If relationships are what ultimately matter, why are we investing so much time into so many things that are totally unrelated. If the ultimate relationship is with Christ, the true Love, why don't we pour our soul into Him? Here the treasure lies. As stated in the sermon, we must invest in heaven, and the shortcut to that is investing in strengthening our relationship with Jesus. During the sermon, I talked about three practical ways of building treasures in heaven. Now, I give you the ultimate, Love Jesus with all your mind, your muscles and your being. This way, you will change so much that you will only make perfect investments, eternal investments. Hmm, this sounds awfully like a verse I know in a book somewhere...