Don’t live the dream, live for the dream of eternal life.

"So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory."" (1 Cor. 15:54)

I can’t tell you how many times I asked someone, how is it going? Only to hear, “I’m Living the Dream!”

I understand the meaning of this proclamation defined by “Gramarist.com” as, “typically use to describe a situation where someone’s experiencing the ideal lifestyle or enjoying some well-deserved success. It can include anything from financial success to creative success.” I began to think about that and came to understand something. If the center focus of “your dream” is success in this world, this life, then I feel sad for you because of this simple truth: “…it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” (Heb. 9:27). Yes, we must all face the face that we all will die one day and then what will become of all your success, all your possessions?

Another fact concerning death as Solomon wrote, “6 Remember your Creator before the silver cord is [b]loosed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher shattered at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the well. 7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. 8 “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher, “All is vanity.” (Eccl. 12:6-8). Yes, this life is just a temporary thing, but after one’s body dies, the soul lives on in eternity, the soul never dies.