“But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”Matthew
6:20 NIV
As
the year and decade draw to a close, with ruminations of what was or could have
been, God invites us to consider with gravity and gratefulness those things in
life of eternal value.
The
sentimentality of Christmas and year-end awareness of the brevity of life
should hopefully cause us to make a renewed commitment to investing our days in
serving Him.
Over
a century ago C. T. Studd, pioneer missionary to China, India, and Africa,
demonstrated it and said it best: “Only one life ’twill soon be past. Only
what’s done for Christ will last.”