Dial Daily Bread: What Makes "Fun in Life?"

Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"

Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, has priceless counsel for us: "Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the bad times come and the years draw near when you will say, 'I have no pleasure in them ...'" (Eccl. 12:1, REB).

What he means is, "Before you say, 'There's no fun in life any more ...'" Actually, you make your fun in life, as you go along. And the number of your years does not set a limit on the fun you get out of your life.

What is it that makes the "fun in life?" It's first-hand, friendly fellowship with the Lord Jesus, your Creator and Redeemer.

It may sound strange to say it, but there is no joy in life to match the joy of first-hand communion with your Maker--when you know He is your Friend and Savior.

You have no friend like Him; imagine all the pain of guilt taken away in something called the "atonement." Your Creator and Savior has humbled Himself to be on the level with you. Imagine it--He longs for fellowship with you! Because of Jesus' sacrifice the heavenly Family now includes you!

But one thought now engrosses you: the joy of personal fellowship with your Maker and your Savior. To realize the truth moves your heart beyond any imaginable wonder--Jesus died your second death.

That's infinitely beyond going to sleep for a weekend--our concept of His death on the cross. He could not look down the sweep of centuries yet to come. Jesus surrendered His soul to die for us a death that in itself would be endless; to say "good bye" forever to His Father and all the holy angels; to enter into that dark prison that we call death with no resurrection in sight!

He could not see through the portals of the tomb to see His resurrection coming up; the memory of a resurrection was swept away from Jesus as He hung on His cross. All He could see was darkness ahead. Forever.

That's the kind of Friend He is: He thought He was entering the dark tomb forever. That was the dimension of His sacrificial love for us.

Copyright © 2009 by Robert J. Wieland.
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