If you knew that you were going to die tomorrow, who would you be with today and what would you do?
It’s an important question to ask every now and then to keep things in perspective. While most of us can’t control when or how we die, a lot of us can exercise some control over how we live.
And if we want to live a truly meaningful life while we have the chance, we ought to be thinking of death more often than we do.
Halloween has become a day for the living to dress up, wear masks, and pretend to be dead. The irony is that people spend the rest of the year dressing up, wearing masks, and pretending to live.
What do you want your epitaph to say? Have you ever thought about it? If not, I’d suggest that you do. The way we learn how to live our best life is by thinking from the perspective of death. What do you want said about the summation of your life? Once you decide this, it will define how you live today.
Here is what Paul wanted us to remember about his life, according to Acts Chapter 20. I think it’s a prime example of the way we ought to live in order that one day, we too, might look into the eyes of the Creator of the Universe and hear, “Well done, my good and faithful servant…” (Matthew 25:21)
1. I have been faithful to do what Jesus told me to do. (v. 24)
2. I told the truth. (v. 20, 27)
3. I directed people’s attention towards Jesus and not towards me. (v. 19)
4. I finished Strong. (v. 24)
5. I gave more than I took. (v. 33, 35)
If you die tomorrow, what will your epitaph say? Think about it.
Relationships are like plants. If you get a new one and water it too much, too soon… you kill it. Take it slow. 🙂
Don’t be afraid of death. Be afraid of an unlived life. You don’t have to live forever… you just have to live.