At their prime, football players are in the spotlight. All the big teams want them in their squad, all the sponsors want to be endorsed by them while all the children want to walk around with their name on the back of their jerseys… But what happens when they are past their sell by date?
They are either forgotten all together or you hear very little about them. Why? Because a new ‘star’ has taken their place. Though at their prime they may have appeared as though they would be on top of the world forever…their time came and went.
Many people fight to become immortal, whether it is through making a name for themselves in their career or literally doing whatever they can to live longer but they don’t realise that they already are.
We are made up of body, soul and spirit. When we die, our bodies go back to the ground. The spirit, which God breathed into us that we may become living beings, returns to Him. The soul, the part of you that makes you who you are, on the other end is eternal, it doesn’t die - where it goes depends on you.
You are immortal!
"Where do you plan to spend the rest of eternity
when everything passes away?"
You may have put your strength, effort and energy into enjoying yourself as is the desire of many youths. Some even know the things they are doing is wrong yet they still do it forgetting that all these things pass away; it’s just a matter of time! They spend their time and energy on what is mortal but forget about what is immortal...where do you plan to spend the rest of eternity when everything passes away? Think about it because life is short.
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" (Mark 8:36)
When we reading this verse some people often concentrate their mind on the cost of winning other people over to God but losing their own salvation. Nevertheless, it speaks about gaining money, pleasure, fame, etc. only to lose your soul!
Many youths don’t want to face the reality of what they must do. What they’d rather do is choose to gain the world. They sell something priceless (which is their soul) for the cheap passing pleasures of this world.
Our soul is priceless because it is immortal. Understand this once and for all. If you don’t, the devil will cheat you into losing your most precious asset and suffer for the rest of eternity.
"…what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Matthew 16:26)
Pr Luke Castro
YPG National Coordinator
