Grasping our situation in God's world is a tricky one, most people I know, including myself, don't have an updated will and their affairs are not in order for death. Ironically, death is one of the certainties in life. Jesus arranged his entire work in preparation for his death. The death, and more importantly the resurrection of Jesus means a lot of things and is still being discussed 2,000+ years later...we have all the various denominations and their members representing the infinite revelations on the matter. We've all had visions or supernatural experiences that give us a glimpse of the unknown Jesus represents--I'm anxious to see the movie, "Heaven is For Real", which tells the story of a child's experience while clinically dead. I love the promise of Jesus to the man he died with, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:43).
It's pretty impossible to objectively say what one might experience after death, even though is it related to what we do on earth, at least that's what the Bible indicates. It is within our power to "Live Like We're Dying" as Kris Allen sings. It is possible to see God today as Jesus claims, "God is not the God of the dead but of the living." (Luke 20:38). Jesus didn't take the safe road in life and it did get him killed. Jesus didn't get his prayer answered to keep living, God allowed death to prevail. Jesus lived, and died. Jesus lives! Carelessness about death was not evident in the life of Jesus, though his disciples disagreed with this statement at the time, urging him to stay away from Jerusalem. Jesus has the greatest legacy of all history.
As I leave you this week with your mantra manna, I encourage you to live. Live today. Don't be deceived that somehow your resurrection as a Christian excuses you from living today--this apathy toward life is carelessness about death.
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