TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016
SOLOMON’S SPLENDOR
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soul”
- Mark 8.36
William Wordsworth one of the greatest English
poets re-echoes the scripture when he says ‘…
nothing can bring the hour of splendor in the
grass, of glory in the flower…’ This statement
agrees with what Apostle Peter says when he
likens man to grass and the glories of man to
flowers on the grass. He further states that when
the grass withers, the flowers fall off. All that we
see today in the world will definitely come to an
end. All the wealth, glory and splendor of Solomon
came to an end. My dear youth, as you are
pursuing your academic endeavours or doing
something in order to make it in life, remember
that nothing lasts forever. Draw closer to God in
true worship and holiness so that you can book a
place in heaven after your life in this world. Many
kingdoms have risen and fallen. Great men, like
Adolf Hitler, William Shakespeare and Nelson
Mandela, all came to limelight but today they are
no more. We need to get closer to God and settle
all our bad ways so that we don’t regret in eternity
because we lived as if everything begins and ends
here or plant earth.
Challenge: Live with eternity in view
Prayer: Lord Teach me to live for you
Quote: Life is but for a short time
Further Reading: 1 Peter1:24 - 25