Invest in Eternal Things

eDevotion

Encouragement for your daily walk with God

In my HolyLandSites blog (shamelessly plugged: http://www.HolyLand-Sites.blogspot.com), I’ve been posting about Egypt. It is a fascinating and enduring country and culture. And what could be more captivating than the Great Pyramids! People and religions are fascinated with them. They are involved in New Age teaching. Some have suggested that aliens from outer space built them. Some think that their shape offers certain cosmic powers. Whenever you hear stuff like this, you know that people are trying to unlock the “secrets” of the Pyramids.

Allow me to let you in on the “secret” of the Pyramids; THEY ARE NOTHING MORE THAN STRUCTURES OF DEATH! They are oversized headstones. Or said differently, they are extra large coffins. They were made for death. They were made to keep dead bodies along with all the treasures of the rotting corpses that were in them.

There is a lesson to be learned from the Pyramids. All works of the flesh end in death—futility! Sure, our endeavors may be grand and glorious for a moment, but there is no life in them; they are monuments of death. If you want to see the end result of the glory of man, look no farther than the Pyramids.

There is something better; it’s the abundant life offered by none other than Christ Himself (John 10:10). Whatever is accomplished in Him lasts for forever—it is an investment in eternity.

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Matthew 6:19-21)