Preparing Your Grave

I have satellite TV and enjoy watching the Discovery channels, the History Channel being a favorite. The ancient Egyptian Pharaohs were gods in their own mind, thought to have been put on earth to rule over the greatest kingdom on earth. They also believed in life after death and a reassignment to an even greater status of ruler. They so much believed in this that they made provisions for survival in their burial tomb. When they would awaken in the afterlife the provisions would sustain them until such time they would leave their tomb. All their prize possessions, and in most cases, their entire family were buried with them. Gold abound in the tomb, because they felt it would be needed in the afterlife. Well, time has proven that what is found in this world is going to stay in this world. Museums around the world are full of the goods taken from Egyptian tombs over the centuries as a measure of “protection” and “preservation” for future generations to witness. I guess this has been done rightfully so, because if not the greed of man would have spent it all on sex, drugs and rock-n-roll by now. I wonder what the ancient Egyptians would think about the TV advertisement guaranteeing top money for your “scrap gold”? Let’s see, I think I’ll give you my gold for a few worthless pieces of paper that I can’t even trade for silver. Seems our long-term relationship with gold has lost its luster over the centuries. Maybe this is good. It’ll never get past the casket anyway.
A casually dressed middle-aged man walked into a New York City bank and asked to see a loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Bakersfield on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5000, but he was not a depositor of the bank. The officer told him the bank would require some sort of security for the loan whereupon the man handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car as parked on the street in front of the bank and man produced the title, which checked out just fine. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest. Later, the bank’s president and loan officer had a good laugh thinking about the man using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral on a $5000 loan. The Ferrari was safely deposited in the bank’s underground garage. Two weeks later the man entered the bank, paid off his $5000 loan, with interest of $23.07. The loan officer said, “Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away we checked you out and discovered you are a multi-millionaire. Why would you bother to borrow $5000?” With a big grin the man said, “Where else in New York City can I park my car two weeks for $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?”
[Romans 12: 1-2] “...offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God – this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good pleasing and perfect will.” There’s nothing in this life worth anything in the next life, except your mind, and what you think about God and His will for you concerning righteous living. To enter into God’s eternal love we must first love. To enter into heaven we must first divorce ourselves from the ways of this world, then we must become one with God’s will in all that we do in this life. I’ve tested God’s will and approve of it. I’ve found it to be pleasing and perfect. I’m saved.