Today I mourn the death
of a friend and brother who I met 20 years ago at St James Wisdom Foundation
Nursery and Primary School where we both completed our primary school
education. It is indeed a great loss especially to his mum and siblings.
Who would have thought today I will be writing this for someone who was
full of life just last week. The death of a young person most times stops us in
our paths and helps us understand that we do not hold tomorrow. James 4:13-14 Come now, you who say, “Today
or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and
engage in business and make a profit.” Yet
you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that
appears for a little while and then vanishes away.…
As a
young man, he had lots of plans which sadly will not see the light of day as he
is no more. All the dreams of getting married, giving birth and all have been quenched.
What dreams do you have as a person? What destiny are you fulfilling and how
many lives have you impacted here on earth? May death not meet us unprepared
for the life after. Beyond all the dreams and plans is the destiny you where
created to fulfill, are you fulfilling that dream? One of the most terrible
things is living a purposeless life on earth and dyeing with all your
potentials unused.
We that
are alive still have the opportunity of ensuring we are making the right
decisions and choices. 2 Cor 6: 2 For He says, “At the acceptable time I listened to you,
and on the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time,
behold now is the day of salvation. Let us use this opportunity to
examine our lives, 2 Corinthians 13:5-6 Examine yourselves to see whether you
are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in
you—unless, of course, you fail the test? Am I a true Christian, or am I a counterfeit?
Have I been born again, or am I only putting up a front? Those
of us who are Christians ought to ask ourselves that occasionally. The fact
that we don’t know when our journey on earth will end should make us to daily
and regularly check ourselves. Always live with rapture in mind and always ask
yourself if whatever it is you want to do worth spending eternity in hell.
Thank God for the hope of eternal life we have in
Christ 1 Cor 15:20 and if our
hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in
the world. Till we meet to part no more in the bosom of our Lord, continue
to rest in peace my brother
Arinze Adirika. You came, you saw and you conquered. Praying that the Holy Spirit
comforts your family and friends
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