There's a good chance that you've heard the predictions about may 21st and judgement day. Now come and gone with no fulfillment, there is a lot of talk about the claims of a man named Harold. But is is also incredibly en vogue to talk about the need to be ready. Even my own initial thoughts centered around the fact that we all need to be ready for the end at any moment, whether it comes through the second coming or some sort of personal tragedy. Jesus could come back, or we could get hit by a car while crossing the road. Either way, live for Jesus like it's your last moments. It's what everyone is saying, and it's true. But let's take it a step further.
No matter if our life ends through eschatological means or life circumstances, we must die. We all must die to ourselves. Every day we have to not only live like it's our last, but live like we've already died and Jesus lives through us.
It's not the end of the world as we know it . . . it's the end of me as I know it. And it needs to be the end of us as we are known. "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." (Galatians 2:20)
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