Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The Greatest Text Message!

Matthew 6:25-34

Ok, so a few months ago I was sitting on my couch watching TV when I received this text message on my phone. "Help, I'm working on a sermon for tomorrow, help me answer this question 'if you only had one month to live what would you do?'" So I began to type that I would probably take my family on the greatest vacation that they have ever experienced in their lives, that I would spend two weeks doing that. Then I would come home and make sure that everything was in order so that my family would never have to stress about anything. Then I would take the last week to completely spend time with my family and sharing every moment that I could with them. I remember thinking to myself "man, would that be hard news to take that I only had one month to live." About an hour later, I received this text message, "God did not promise any of us tomorrow, so why not live today like that!" WOW!!!! Did that hit home or what. I could help but think I have never received a text message that challenged me. This really hit home, I spend so much time worrying about the different things of this world, when I should be out living like there is no tomorrow. Which this all make perfect sense when we read Matthew 6:25-34, where scripture tells us not to worry and God points to the different things of the world, and how He provides for them, so how much more does he care for us. I guess what I am trying to say is live today like it's your last so that when your last comes you will have no regrets about what you did yesterday! So I close with this question, If you had only one month to live what would you do?

IN HIM