When God created Adam from the dust of the earth his masterpiece was complete when, as it says in Genesis 2:7… He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person. Then after God created Eve from the rib of Adam, God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” Within the design of humankind God gave the gift of life through procreation.
It is in this process of procreation that we give such honor to mothers who have within their bodies and within their psyche the capacity to nurture a child within and outside of the womb. Even though God has entrusted this gift to mothers, he remains part of the process as it says in Psalm 139:13 “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.” At the moment of conception human life begins. From the moment fertilization takes place, the child’s genetic makeup is already complete. Its gender has already been determined, along with its height and hair, eye and skin color. The only thing the embryo needs to become a fully-functioning being is the time to grow and develop. Thank you, mothers for being the servants of God to nurture your children and see them birthed into this world.
Ecclesiastes 3:1–2 says, “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die…” Although each of us will die physically, that is not the end of life. God has a gift of eternal life for those who receive his salvation. Jesus said in John 11:25, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” The operative phrase in Jesus’ words is “anyone who believes in me…”. Because Adam and Eve sinned, they gave birth to children with the same sinful nature as they possessed. That sinful nature would separate us from God for eternity as it says in Romans 3:23 and 6:23 that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glorious standard of God, and that the wage of our sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
God not only gave us the gift of life here on earth for the years that we have, but he also gave us the opportunity to receive eternal life. But it is your choice. You can die in your own sin, not having received the gift of God, or you can be forgiven of your sin, making Jesus your Savior and Lord, and live with him for eternity. Ecclesiastes 12:6–7 says, “Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley is broken at the well. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.”
When you die, your spirit will return to God. He is the one who gave life to your body. It is at that point that you will give an account as to whether you received the gift of God for eternal life or if you chose to pay your own wage for your own sin and your death means eternal separation from God. Choose this day! Choose life that you may live forever even after your body has breathed its last breath!
