What are you looking for in life? Is life here on earth all that matters? We sometimes come across people who seem to think that life on earth are all that matters, and some of these people even go to the extent of abandoning their faith, especially when they are given fame, fortune and other opportunities in exchange of doing so. For example, there are people who have abandoned their Christian faith and embraced another faith, because they are promised that they would get perks and benefits from the government or from certain business circles. Some marry a woman of another faith and embrace the same faith the woman professes, because of certain advantages to be exploited. But is faith so insignificant that such persons would do such things?
In
today's reading, we are cautioned: "Take care, brothers, that there is
not in any one of your community a wicked mind, so unbelieving as to
turn away from the living God. Every day, as long as this ‘today’ lasts,
keep encouraging one another so that none of you is hardened by the
lure of sin, because we shall remain co-heirs with Christ only if we
keep a grasp on our first confidence right to the end." When a person abandons his or her faith so easily, then it seems as if the person is only concerned about himself or herself, and is not bothered about God. Could some of us have ventured into such an attitude? Let us not forget that our life here
on earth is only temporary, and we are merely pilgrims. What we enjoy is
also temporary and when the fun ends, we may risk losing our eternal reward.
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