The end of another year is in view, and soon the clock will strike the midnight hour for the last time in 1966. The grains of sand fall fast and we are hurried forward.
Old Time is restless in his might; the baby becomes the schoolboy, the schoolboy the youth, the youth the business man, the business man the elderly, and soon he is the aged one passing on to the end.
A few turns of the wheel and all is completed of our journey here. But this life is only the first chapter in our history—a history to which "finish" never will be written. "End of Chapter One" may be written speedily, but Eternity lies before us. The great Forever is in view, and it is unending.
It is well for us to pause and consider whither we go. And as we pass one another like ships on the trackless ocean, we ask you, reader, "Whither Bound?”
Eternity, where? Will it be with Christ in everlasting joy, or without Christ in everlasting sorrow?
Can we know? Assuredly believers may. "We know... we have a building of God,... eternal in the heavens," says the Apostle Paul, voicing the Christian's confidence. It is the believer's portion to know how he stands as to the past, as to the present, and as to the future.
For the Christian, past, present, and future are filled with Christ.
Our redemption is through Him.
Our life is in Him.
Our glory is with Him.
And all is of His grace. We deserve naught but judgment. But He gives all in the greatness of His goodness and never fails the worst sinner who trusts in Him, or the weakest saint who relies upon Him.
Friend, you are going. The clock ticks you on your way. Your pulse throbs you ceaselessly forward. Whither bound?
The same Word of God which tells of His love, tells of His righteous judgment. If we miss His salvation we ensure the judgment we deserve. And that too is FOREVER.