READ: JOB 29:11-16
A day is coming when your story will be told.
That day, you will not be opportune to be there to hear all that will be said.
You would have passed on to glory. It will not be a day of pretence. It will be
a day people will freely speak of their encounters with you and how you
influenced their lives for good or bad. You would have gone but you will be
remembered by what you have done. What will people remember you for on that
day?
If you did evil things, you will be remembered for them. When we read 1 Samuel 22:11-19, we recall Doeg the wicked man who out of zeal for the satanic kingdom spilled the blood of innocent priests and their families just to earn cheap promotion from king Saul. In John 13:21-30, we also recall Judas Iscariot who loved money so much and calculated everything in monetary terms to the extent of selling his Master for money. Gehazi would be remembered as a man who was destined to have a double portion of the anointing on Elisha but because of covetousness ended up as a leper.
On the other side of the divide, we read about Dorcas in Acts 9:36-41. She ministered to all the widows in the church at Joppa. She was full of good works and giving of alms. She touched so many lives positively to the point that when she died, her good works began to protest her untimely death and God heard and raised her up again. Your works have mouths. If they are good, they will speak for you. If they are bad they will speak against you. How are you touching lives around you?
According to our reading, as Job laid in critical condition, his life began to pass before him. He recalled how he had lived. He must have been joyful recounting how many lives he had positively affected for which he would be remembered. Should you pass on today, what will be said about you? What will you be remembered for? Would it be said you started well but ended up as a drunkard, fornicator, or backslider? Would it be said you were self-centered and stingy? Or would it be said that you brought joy into the lives of many? Or that you won several souls to the Lord? If people have cause to rejoice and celebrate your death or transfer from your present position, it could be evidence of failure.
If you did evil things, you will be remembered for them. When we read 1 Samuel 22:11-19, we recall Doeg the wicked man who out of zeal for the satanic kingdom spilled the blood of innocent priests and their families just to earn cheap promotion from king Saul. In John 13:21-30, we also recall Judas Iscariot who loved money so much and calculated everything in monetary terms to the extent of selling his Master for money. Gehazi would be remembered as a man who was destined to have a double portion of the anointing on Elisha but because of covetousness ended up as a leper.
On the other side of the divide, we read about Dorcas in Acts 9:36-41. She ministered to all the widows in the church at Joppa. She was full of good works and giving of alms. She touched so many lives positively to the point that when she died, her good works began to protest her untimely death and God heard and raised her up again. Your works have mouths. If they are good, they will speak for you. If they are bad they will speak against you. How are you touching lives around you?
According to our reading, as Job laid in critical condition, his life began to pass before him. He recalled how he had lived. He must have been joyful recounting how many lives he had positively affected for which he would be remembered. Should you pass on today, what will be said about you? What will you be remembered for? Would it be said you started well but ended up as a drunkard, fornicator, or backslider? Would it be said you were self-centered and stingy? Or would it be said that you brought joy into the lives of many? Or that you won several souls to the Lord? If people have cause to rejoice and celebrate your death or transfer from your present position, it could be evidence of failure.
MEMORIZE: 1 TIMOTHY 3:7 –Moreover he
must have a good report of them which are outside; lest he fall into reproach
and the snare of the devil.
