The world keeps spinning like it has for thousands of years. People marry, have children, divorce, buy, sell and generally go about their business. Periodically life rises up and slaps us in the face with robberies, fatal accidents or deadly earthquakes. For a split second we are reminded of the frailty of life, then the ball keeps rolling and we keep spinning. It is easy in this cycle of sun rises and sun sets to think things will go on forever just like they are. But that is not true.
Peter tells us “the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up” (2 Peter2:10). He asks, “Since all these will be dissolved, what manner of person ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness?”
It is good to remember where we are going, how we plan to get there and what condition we will be in when we arrive.
