"But godless people will die. They are enemies of the LORD. You will not see them. Like something beautiful, or like smoke, they will disappear" (Psalms 37:20, Easy English Version).
While posting a comment on a recent edition of blog spot, a dear friend wrote, "a godless life is a worthless life. Everything is complete in God and with God. And all is emptiness without him. Even what appears full soon vanishes!". How true, indeed!
The Bible confirms in so many places that a life without God is a life without worth. What is a godless life? It is that kind of life lived by a godless man. The Authorized Version uses the word 'wicked' to describe the godless man. In Psalms 36:1-4, the Bible in the Easy English Version gives us a good description of such a man:
"The godless man does not obey (God). This tells me that: he is not afraid of God
he does not see (that this matters)
he tells himself that (God) will not see the bad things (that he does)
(he thinks that God) will not hate these bad things
he says things that are bad and not true
he has stopped being honest
he does not do anything good
he makes bad plans on his bed (at night)
he decides not to do things in a good way
he does not turn away from doing wrong things".
A godless life is a hopeless life. Paul made reference to this when he was drawing attention to the blessings that Christ has brought to us (Ephesians 2:12). The "godless are like chaff". The wind could blow anytime and they are gone (Psalms 1:4). There are no certainties to their lives. They live for nothing, because once you are not living for God, whatever else you live for is worth nothing. "They (the godless) know nothing and they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness" (Psalms 82:5, Easy English Version).
But the eternal dimension to this discourse is even more scary. A life without God ends up in hell. That's what the Bible means when it says, "the way of the ungodly shall perish" (Psalms 1:6). Another translation puts it very clear, "the way of the godless leads to death" - eternal death. That's really, really bad. And to think that once you get into that eternal realm, there would be no room for adjustments and amendments. This means that you've got to do what you've got to do right now to allow God in your life.
Allowing God in your life begins with accepting His Son Jesus Christ into your life. Jesus is sent to the world as 'Emmanuel'. He is "God with us", that the Almighty might be revealed in us (Matthew 1:23). God did this so that we humans can quit living the godless life. And indeed, Christ came and demonstrated to us how to walk with God and partner with Him here on earth. Submitting to Christ and learning from Him is the most crucial employment we all should be engaged in for the rest of our time on the earth. I pray that the Lord will grant every willing heart sufficient grace for this in Jesus name.
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