This is life!

This is life!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

Ecclesiastes 12:13
Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

What is life? How would you define and describe it? Some would say family. Some would say having lots of money. Others would say having peace. What would you say?

King Solomon, the wisest and the richest king that ever lived said, 'Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.' This is life. It's the foundation of life. Nothing else matters! What a powerful and wonderful verse! To fear God simply means to respect the Lord and to give Him honour. It doesn't mean to be afraid of Him like you would be scared and afraid of a snake, it's means to reverence Him, to hold Him in high esteem. To fear the Lord means to love what He loves and to hate what He hates. To fear the Lord means to obey Him, to do whatever He says. Obedience is a result of the fear of the Lord. When it's all said and done, you stand before your Creator and you give Him an account of your life to Him. Every human will stand before the judgement seat of God.

Friend, the only thing that matters in life is to fear God and to keep His commandments. Let this become the motto of our lives. Life becomes beautiful when we know what life actually is. Life is a struggle when the purpose and objective of life is not known. When life is not understood, we run after worthless things only to realise that all of it was just a waste. Be wise and take the advice of King Solomon : Fear God and keep His commands for this is your life. Nothing else matters!