Death's Door To Life! (John 10:9)

When we are facing a terminal illness, all of life looks, feels and is different! Many philosophers and authors write about the anguish and mystery of a person knowing the day and time of their departure. The reason we are so mystified by this 'terror' of suddenly knowing, is more about why we are not terrified all the time - since we all know from early youth that a time is set...

But is death only to be ignored in order to find peace in this life? Can anything good come from knowing, or even briefly focusing on our end, on 'death's door'? I think so! The Psalmist writes:

'Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom!' (Psalm 90:12)

There is a way to look at death's door, in order to see life's door - now and forevermore...

The fact is, from the moment we are born, from the very get-go, we're on a timer, ticking down to that moment when everything stops. That fact is not enough to give us a map for living, but it certainly should frame up our pursuits, our sense of value, an urgency to get right with the one, true God and the very source of life. Listen to this incredible claim of Jesus Christ:

'I am the door. Anyone who enters through me will be saved.' (John 10:9)

And here is another claim of Christ, that can and should lift our eyes, map our steps, buy our soul:

'I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me, though he dies, yet shall he live!' (John 11:25-26)

A glance at death's door can throw light on the 'door' of Christ, the door of eternal life. Have you gone through this door?

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