Ecclesiastes 5:15 NIV
Everyone comes naked from their mother's womb, and as everyone comes, so they depart. They take nothing from their toil that they can carry in their hands.
Have you ever experienced moments in your life where you wonder why do you do what you do? Many people have come before us and gone. For most people, after they die, their legacy and memories of this life dissipate over time. King Solomon was one of the wisest and richest men who lived in this world. He had great wealth and power, yet he concluded that this is all meaningless. Since we are reminded by Solomon that we take nothing with us when our God given Spirit leaves this body and dies, let us build a legacy in this world that we can potentially take with us, Eternal life. Jesus says in John 14:2-3 "My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.”
Let us remember the wealth or possessions that we have in this world only satisfy the flesh on Earth, so let's strive toward the only gift that we can take with us when we leave this mortal body. In Revelation 3:21 Jesus gave us a climate of the only gift that is transferrable to the next life after death "To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne." Is your life a reflection that you are living a victorious life for Christ? Whether you have little or abundance, let us make every effort to harvest the gift of the Holy Spirit instead of the flesh (Romans 8:1-9).
