A MATTER OF PROFIT AND LOSS

Today’s devotional reading for: SUNDAY, DEC 30, 2018 A Matter Of Profit And Loss ‘For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?’ — Mark 8:36 “Show me the numbers.” This motto typifies our society’s attitude and focus.  We’re driven by the financial “bottom line.”  How much money can we make?  How will our choices impact our bank accounts?  But the true bottom line is the end of our lives, and when we get there, the amount of money we have won’t matter at all. Instead, the ledger either will or will not have our names in the “life given to Christ” column. Will your name be there? A little girl once asked her father, “Daddy, is your soul insured?”  Puzzled, he responded, “No, darling, why do you ask?”  She answered, “Well, you were just saying that your car is insured and our house is insured, and last week I heard Uncle George say that he was afraid you would lose your soul.  Daddy, is your soul insured?” Some people don’t think about their souls until they come to the end of their lives.  Edward Gibbon, the author of The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire and a great skeptic, often attacked Christianity.  But at the end of his life, he said, “All is now lost, irrecoverably lost.  All is dark and doubtful.” How can you lose your soul?  You can lose it through rejecting Christ outright, or you can lose it by simply neglecting Him.  Scripture asks, “How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?” (Hebrews 2:3). I believe more people lose their souls this way than by outright denial—by simple neglect, by merely putting it off.  To “insure” our souls, we must receive Jesus Christ as the Savior and Lord of our lives. If we do, we’ll experience a great reward in the bottom line of life.  When Phillip Jenks, a humble Christian, was asked, “How hard is it to die?” he answered, “I have experienced more happiness today when dying than in all my life.” Don’t neglect your soul. If you haven’t already, give it to Christ. Whether you’re saved or not is the ultimate bottom line. He is no fool who gives up that which he cannot keep in order to gain that which he cannot lose.— JIM ELLIOTT Click here to unsubscribe from Daily Truth emails

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