The Arrow Of Death

[Thompson, Darryl]

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for March 15
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The Arrow Of Death

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would
consider their latter end! Deut. 32:29.

The Lord "doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."
Lam. 3:33. "Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth
them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are
dust." Ps. 103:13, 14. He knows our heart, for He reads every secret of
the soul. . . . He knows the end from the beginning. Many will be laid
away to sleep before the fiery ordeal of the time of trouble shall come
upon our world. . . . 

If Jesus, the world's Redeemer, prayed, "O my Father, if it be possible,
let this cup pass from me," and added, "nevertheless not as I will, but
as thou wilt" (Matt. 26:39), how very appropriate it is for finite
mortals to make the same surrender to the wisdom and will of God.

We have but a brief lifetime here, and we know not how soon the arrow of
death may strike our hearts. We know not how soon we may be called to
give up the world and all its interests. Eternity stretches before us.
The curtain is about to be lifted. But a few short years, and for
everyone now numbered with the living the mandate will go forth: "He
that is unjust, let him be unjust still: . . . and he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still."
Rev. 22:11.

Are we prepared? Have we become acquainted with God, the Governor of
heaven, the Lawgiver, and with Jesus Christ whom He sent into the world
as His representative? When our lifework is ended, shall we be able to
say, as did Christ our example:

"I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do. . . . I have manifested thy name"? John 17:4-6.

The angels of God are seeking to attract us from ourselves and from
earthly things. Let them not labor in vain.

>From Devotional: Our Father Cares, pp. 75, 76.