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With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation. Psalm 91:16
D.L. MOODY
I get a good deal of comfort out of that promise. I don’t think that means a short life down here, seventy years, eighty years, ninety years, or one hundred years. Do you think that any man living would be satisfied if they could live to be one hundred years old and then have to die? Not by a good deal. Suppose Adam had lived until today and had to die tonight, would he be satisfied? Not a bit of it! Not if he had lived a million years and then had to die.
You know we are all the time coming to the end of things here, the end of the week, the end of the month, the end of the year, the end of school days. It is end, end, end all the time. But, thank God, He is going to satisfy us with long life; no end to it, an endless life.
Life is very sweet. I never liked death; I like life. It would be a pretty dark world if death was eternal, and when our loved ones die we are to be eternally separated from them. Thank God, it is not so; we shall be reunited. It is just moving out of this house into a better one; stepping up higher, and living on and on forever.
ERWIN LUTZER
This is an excellent transition to the new year. This is an invitation to reassess our future; after all, we are coming to the end of all things. And today, we are coming to the end of the year, preparing for an unknown year to come. Whether we will have a long life here on Earth or not, the Scriptures call us to focus on our eternal future. There will be no end of days.
So, can we take this time for reflection? Some who are reading this will not live until the end of the coming year. Let us live today as if we might die tomorrow.
PRAYER
I long for you Lord.
May I welcome the new year safely tucked in your hand.REFLECTION QUESTIONS
How does the reality that we are 'coming to the end of all things' change the way you prioritize your goals for the upcoming year?
In light of the fact that some may not see the end of this coming year, what is the one spiritual conversation or act of reconciliation you can no longer afford to delay?