2 Corinthians 5:1 (NIV)
5 For we know that if the earthly tent we
live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
not built by human hands.
Death, to the Christian, is the exchanging of a tent for a
building. Here we are as pilgrims or gypsies, living in a frail, flimsy home;
subject to disease, pain, and peril. But at death we exchange this crumbling,
disintegrating tent for a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
The wandering wayfarer comes into his own at death and is given the title to a
mansion which will never deteriorate nor crumble. Do you think that God, who
has provided so amply for living, has made no provision for dying? The Bible
says we are strangers in a foreign land. This world is not our home; our
citizenship is in heaven. When a Christian dies, he goes into the presence of
Christ. He goes to heaven to spend eternity with God.
Thought for today:
Do I pay more attention to the things of the world?
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