FATHER OF ALL LIFE

Mark 5:39
"Why this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep."
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I was 10 years old, a Grade 4 student. Back then, I only knew few things in life and do so little – playing, studying, eating, sleeping. I never even thought of getting old. Fifteen years later, a full-pledged engineer working in a multi-national company, I learned far more things – based on experience – playing with experiments, studying pareto charts, still eating and still sleeping. But the thought of getting old is slowly creeping in. And now, another 12 years later, whenever I see old people with their gray hairs and difficulty in moving around, I have come to realized that ALL, yes everyone, will grow old and ultimately die.

After millennia of human existence, it is noteworthy that no one has really made the slightest progress in overcoming death. Despite all the advances of medical science, the state-of-the-art hospitals, the new and hi-tech medical equipment, multiple degree scientists and doctors, the death rate remains exactly what it has always been -- a flat 100%. No progress has been made, and no progress in sight. I think God has intended it to remain that way. He is teaching us something. This is part of the "teaching of God" that goes on for all people. Some he will draw clear on to salvation, as they respond, but all people, everyone, shall be "taught of God," and death itself is part of that teaching.

Death is inevitable. And life with Jesus and in God is the righteous thing to do. Have you learned how to share your work, your family life, your personal life with Jesus, to operate in dependence upon His wisdom, His supply of grace, His forgiveness of failure, to bring all of your life constantly back into connection with Him? Choose life, and you will never go wrong.

Almighty Father, You have revealed Yourself as the Father of all Life. We praise You for the Fatherly care which You extend to all creation, and especially to us, made in Your image and likeness. Give us Your strength that we may never give in to the fears that may tempt us to sin. Bless our families and bless our land, that we may have the joy of welcoming and nurturing the life of which You are the source.

Amen +

They will praise you, Lord, who long for you.