Today as I was walking to class, I was, as usual, talking to myself (in my head... mostly). I was considering how I would live today if I were to die tomorrow, and trying to convince myself to, in fact, live that way. I envisioned myself preaching the Gospel to my classmates. I envisioned myself making every moment count; denouncing all fear of man and speaking boldly of the redemption that is in Christ, and of the repentance that he demands. Yes, that is how I would live if I were to die tomorrow!
Then I heard in my mind a voice say, "You will die tomorrow."
I did not for a moment think that this meant, literally, tomorrow. For as soon as I heard the voice, God's Word sprung into my mind:
"All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
7The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the LORD blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever." (Isaiah 40:6-8)
I laughed. I said, "Yes, Lord, my life is like grass. Whether I die tomorrow or eighty years from now... it is all tomorrow. My life is a vapor. [James 4:14] I will die tomorrow."
The word of God says that our life is like a "vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes." We will die tomorrow. May we live and love and preach like we believe it.
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