Today's reading: I Samuel 26, 27, 28; Psalm 30, 60, 90, 120, 150; Proverbs 30
I Samuel 26:10, "David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish."
You have to admire David. He was given two different opportunities to kill king Saul and he did not. They were enemies; but, David refused to kill him. Saul was still the king and he would not dishonor the Lord by killing the king himself. He even rehearses that it will be the Lord that will take Saul out and not David. Notice David says, "...his day shall come to die...".
We all have a date with death not matter what we want to think. We will either die here on earth or we will be taken in the rapture if we know Christ as our Saviour. The Bible reminds us that, "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:" Hebrews 9:27. It is not like we have an expiration date stamped on us somewhere; but, we do have a date with eternity. We need to make preparation for that date also. If you have never placed your faith and trust in Christ you need to do that soon. Don't put it off because your date could come up and you do not want to step out into eternity unprepared for it.
We all know too many people that it would seem to us that their lives were cut short and then they were gone. Just recently eleven (11) members of one family were tragically killed in a motor vehicle crash. Thankfully there were two young children that survived. What a tragedy! The worst part is that their system of beliefs dictates that they work their way to heaven. It is a sad reality that they might not be in heaven. God forbid! We have to do things God's way or no way at all. He is not an ogre; but, His way is the best way.
I hope you are ready for eternity. Expiration date? Yes, we all have one.
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