God Does Not Want Us to Sleep the Sleep of Death ㅡ
“Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.”
(Psalm 13:3, 4)
It is a solemn thing to die, but a far more solemn thing to live.
Every thought and word and deed of our lives will meet us again.
What we make of ourselves in probationary time, that we must remain to all eternity.
Death brings dissolution to the body, but makes no change in the character.
The coming of Christ does not change our characters; it only fixes them forever beyond all change....
I appeal to the members of the church to be Christians, to be Christlike.
Jesus was a worker, not for Himself, but for others....
If you are Christians you will imitate His example....
Awake, I beseech you, from the sleep of death.
It is too late to devote the strength of brain, bone, and muscle to self-serving.
Let not the last day find you destitute of heavenly treasure.
Seek to push the triumphs of the cross, seek to enlighten souls, labor for the salvation of your fellow beings, and your work will abide the trying test of fire.
Let us remember that while the work we have to do may not be our choice, it is to be accepted as God′s choice for us.
Whether pleasing or unpleasing, we are to do the duty that lies nearest.
“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.” +Ecclesiastes 9:10).
(The Faith I Live By 169)
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