Silently the coffin with its adornment of flowers was... - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

The light of the wicked indeed goes out. He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, and they parade him before the king of terrors.
Job 18:5.14.

Silently the coffin with its adornment of flowers was lowered into the grave and disappeared from sight. The funeral was over. People hurried off, getting away from the scene of death.

At the cemetery gate I met a former colleague from a theatrical group. We conversed about times we had together acting. "You know," I recalled, "when the final curtain came down after a bad performance, there was nothing more we could do about it. Complaints and reproaches were useless: it was a failure."

Isn't it similar with our life? One day the last scene will end for us, as it were, and the curtain will fall.

Why is death for many "the king of terrors", as the Bible designates it? Surely, because tears, mourning and separation are associated with it. And don't many people also sense that the thought of death reminds them that they have lived without the Lord Jesus Christ? A life without the Saviour and Redeemer has consequences to be dreaded. Whoever departs from the stage of life has a hopeless future that lasts for eternity.

If you can read this leaf, your "final curtain" has not yet fallen. Avail yourself of the opportunity to put your life in order by yielding to the Lord Jesus, before it is too late!

This is what applies to the redeemed: "God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain." (Revelation 21:4).

Today's reading: Job 4:1-21 · Acts 6:1-15