Reflection in Disasters: What Meaningful Thing Should We Pursue in Life?
During the period of lockdown of Wuhan, a video online aroused people’s attention: A man folded a pile of 100 Chinese Yuan banknotes into paper airplanes, throwing them away through the window one by one. Despair and helplessness filled such a scene. We cannot help but reflect: We spend a lifetime pursuing money, fame and gain, but when death comes, we cannot use them to exchange for life. What meaningful thing exactly should we pursue in life?
The Lord Jesus said, “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Matthew 16:26).
God says, “People spend their lives chasing after money and fame; they clutch at these straws, thinking they are their only means of support, as if by having them they could live on, exempt from death. But only when they are about to die do they realize how distant these things are from them, how weak they are in the face of death, how easily they shatter, how lonely and helpless they are, with nowhere to turn. They realize that life cannot be bought with money or fame, that no matter how wealthy a person may be, no matter how lofty their position, all are equally poor and insignificant in the face of death. They realize that money cannot buy life, that fame cannot erase death, that neither money nor fame can lengthen a person’s life by a single minute, a single second..”
“Because the essence of God is holy, that means that only through God can you walk the bright, right road through life; only through God can you know the meaning of life, only through God can you live out real humanity, possess the truth, know the truth, and only through God can you obtain life from the truth. Only God Himself can help you shun evil and deliver you from the harm and control of Satan. Besides God, no one and nothing can save you from the sea of suffering so that you suffer no longer: This is determined by the essence of God. Only God Himself saves you so selflessly, only God is ultimately responsible for your future, for your destiny and for your life, and He arranges all things for you. This is something that nothing created or non-created can achieve.”
Brothers and sisters, have you found the answer after these words?
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