1Co 15:19 If
in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Truly, if we have no
hope for life after we die then we are living only for our very short time upon
this earth. As we get older and older we realize just how short the time is.
When we are young and have our whole lives- 70, 80, 90 years to look forward to
it seems like we will never die. We don't have to worry too much about death
when we are young, right? But let time creep up on you and 70 is coming up fast
then you might start thinking about death more and more, and its inevitability.
This isn't to discount anyone and any age contemplating death, some people do
die very young and know others who die young. The life we are born into is
precarious at best. Young or old an accident can take us at any moment. Young
or old we can discover we have a terminal illness at any moment. There isn't
any moment we can live without knowing (at the age we can contemplate such
things) that we can die. Our life will cease. When people die around us, they
leave our lives in all but memory. When we die it will be the same- we will be
memories for a few generations. This is our life, this is what life is. The
first above says- IF in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men
most miserable. Truly if this is ALL we
have we are most miserable. Even the very rich can be very miserable. I'm not
saying we can't find happiness, contentment, a way to life our lives in
relative peace and comfort- a lot of people do. Yet underlying ALL things,
underneath all our contentment lingers death, sickness, pain, agony, heartache,
and the list goes on. If we aren’t personally experiencing the tragedies of
life, we may know those who are, and those tragedies can be just a heartbeat
away for any of us- this is truth, this is the life we live. The misery of this
life is our reality, but it that was all the reality truly we'd have no real
hope.
We do have hope
though-
1Co 15:20 But
now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that
slept.
1Co 15:21 For
since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1Co 15:22 For
as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1Co 15:23 But
every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are
Christ's at his coming.
We have the hope of
resurrection from death!
We have the hope of
a life beyond this short life!
We have the hope of
life after death, upon the return of our Savior!
We don't have to be
miserable, not with the hope we possess that all our suffering in whatever
forms they take will be short compared to the life we will have with Christ.
When our Savior
returns we will be resurrected from the dead! This is HOPE!
And this HOPE is
something we need to have before us CONSTANTLY! Our Savior and the hope found
in Him must be our everything!
1Co 15:19 If
in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
We have hope of
Christ in this life and in life everlasting, life eternal! All praise, glory
and honor unto our GOD, now and forever!
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