What Matters at the End

P.O Box 1540, Albany Western Australia 6331
Phone/Fax: (08) 98 418 418
E-mail: abl-alb@omninet.net.au

What Matters at the End
Friends, my theory is that most people spend most of their time sweating over things that won’t really matter when all is said and done. You’ve probably heard about the one about the up-and-coming entrepreneur who was opening the door of his sleek new Jaguar when a truck roared by, hit it, and ripped it off its hinges. The police arrived at the scene quickly and found the man jumping up and down in the street. He was shrieking to anyone who would listen about the horrible damage done to his precious car. “You wheeler-dealers are all so materialistic!” began the investigating the officer, shaking his head in bewilderment. “You make me sick.” “What’s your problem?” the driver snapped. “You’re so worried about your precious Jag,” said the policeman, “that you appear not to have noticed that your left arm was ripped off!” “Oh, no!” bellowed the man as he looked down at the gristly stump where his arm had been a few minutes before. “Where’s my Rolex?” I guess, when you stop to really think about the above story, we could honestly state that the man concerned certainly had misplaced priorities. However, when one of us gets to where my friend is who was told his week that he more than likely has less than six months to live, he or she will focus intensely on the things that really matter in life. Friends, when your time on Planet earth is about to end and you are reflecting on how your one-time trip through life has worked out, you’ll think about and reach for the people who are most important to you. And you will think about what happens after you have taken your last breath. These are the really important things - as opposed to burning yourself out on the farm, or at the office, or neglecting your family and friends, and pushing spiritual concerns to the fringe of your life. Well, being responsible and working hard are good things. And there is nothing wrong with enjoying the fruits of honest labour. Yet the Bible cautions us to remember that we came into the world without a company portfolio, or fortune - and will leave this world the same way. So the smart thing is to major in what will matter at the end and not to fritter away your life with what cannot go into eternity. Friends, judged by that standard, how does your plan for the week look now? As you are thinking about the answer to that question, I’d like to leave you with this thought: Heaven is often described as “Home.” We sometimes sing about the “home of the soul.” And when a person dies we often say, “He or She has gone home.” But what does the Bible tell us about the eternal home? About heaven? Can we really, now what it’s like? If you would like to know, I’d be happy to send you a FREE booklet titled “A Look into HEAVEN.” To receive your copy, just write to me at: Email me or write to me at P.O Box 1540, Albany W.A 6331. Telephone / Fax (08) 98 418 418

Friends, my theory is that most people spend most of their time sweating over things that won’t really matter when all is said and done.

You’ve probably heard about the one about the up-and-coming entrepreneur who was opening the door of his sleek new Jaguar when a truck roared by, hit it, and ripped it off its hinges. The police arrived at the scene quickly and found the man jumping up and down in the street. He was shrieking to anyone who would listen about the horrible damage done to his precious car.

“You wheeler-dealers are all so materialistic!” began the investigating the officer, shaking his head in bewilderment. “You make me sick.”

“What’s your problem?” the driver snapped.

“You’re so worried about your precious Jag,” said the policeman, “that you appear not to have noticed that your left arm was ripped off!”

“Oh, no!” bellowed the man as he looked down at the gristly stump where his arm had been a few minutes before. “Where’s my Rolex?”

I guess, when you stop to really think about the above story, we could honestly state that the man concerned certainly had misplaced priorities. However, when one of us gets to where my friend is who was told his week that he more than likely has less than six months to live, he or she will focus intensely on the things that really matter in life.

Friends, when your time on Planet earth is about to end and you are reflecting on how your one-time trip through life has worked out, you’ll think about and reach for the people who are most important to you. And you will think about what happens after you have taken your last breath. These are the really important things - as opposed to burning yourself out on the farm, or at the office, or neglecting your family and friends, and pushing spiritual concerns to the fringe of your life.

Well, being responsible and working hard are good things. And there is nothing wrong with enjoying the fruits of honest labour. Yet the Bible cautions us to remember that we came into the world without a company portfolio, or fortune - and will leave this world the same way. So the smart thing is to major in what will matter at the end and not to fritter away your life with what cannot go into eternity.

Friends, judged by that standard, how does your plan for the week look now?

As you are thinking about the answer to that question, I’d like to leave you with this thought: Heaven is often described as “Home.” We sometimes sing about the “home of the soul.” And when a person dies we often say, “He or She has gone home.” But what does the Bible tell us about the eternal home? About heaven? Can we really, now what it’s like? If you would like to know, I’d be happy to send you a FREE booklet titled “A Look into HEAVEN.” To receive your copy, just write to me at:

Email me
or write to me at
P.O Box 1540,
Albany W.A 6331.

Telephone / Fax (08) 98 418 418