Sitting at my desk this morning, during my private devotions, I became unusually aware of the electrically-operated clock that sits on it. With that power source, the hands move around silently, and smoothly. I was suddenly fascinated by the second-hand, realising that, as it went around so constantly, it was counting down every second that is left of my earthly existence! It's a sobering thought! But, of course, what is of the greatest importance is that I am ready for death when it comes - as come it most certainly will, if the Second Advent doesn't take place first!
There has been much written, in the media, about the film shown a couple of nights ago on one of the satellite TV channels showing the final moments of a man who had chosen to end his own life. I didn't watch that programme, and I know nothing else about that man, but I can't help wondering what preparation he had made for that final event of his physical life. I only know of one worthwhile preparation - to come, in this life, into a personal relationship with the Creator God before Whom we must all stand, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
As we prepare to celebrate His first coming as a helpless, incontinent, needing-to-be-fed infant, we should remember that the Babe in the manger grew up to be the Christ on the cross; that He experienced physical death for our sakes; and that He calls us to respond with the love, gratitude, and obedience of our own hearts.
And now - today's video message, by courtesy of Damaris (http://www.damaris.org)
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