This is another quote from Louie Giglio's first message at the Passion 2011 conference. Though I unfortunately did not get to go, I am blessed enough to watch the sessions every Monday night at my college. After only one session, I have begun to save up in order to pay my way to Passion 2012.
So, back to the quote...
I sometimes wonder what people would do if I died - not in a morbid kind of way, but rather a "I wonder if I'm making a difference" sense. I wonder what my parents would do. I wonder how my brothers would handle it - that one really hurts me. I wonder how my friends would take the news. I wonder how the people who wronged me and hurt me would react. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of funerals is tears and utter sadness.
Is that how I want my funeral to be? Of course not. But then, is that how anyone wants their funeral to be? I've never heard anyone sincerely say, "I want everyone to be upset when I die." That's the type of person that will have a no-tear funeral if you know what I mean...
If the statement "We preach our own funerals" is correct, then I want the gospel of Jesus Christ preached at my funeral. I must, therefore live the gospel of Jesus Christ. What is that? With every word that leaves my mouth, with every deed performed with my hand, with every thought that scrolls across my mind, and with every feeling that flashes through my heart, I should declare that "for me, to live is Christ and to die is gain," (Philippians 1:21).
Just like Paul, each day of life would equal at least one more soul hearing the gospel. Death would mean my prize, eternal paradise, perpetual pleasure magnifying my Savior.
Christ, be my life, so that others may see that death is gain.
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