Read Revelations 13-15
Revelations 14:13 says, "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them." Money is useful and convenient, but it’s not eternal. Not only can we “not take it with us” when we die, we can hardly hold on to it on earth. Even the rich can have financial difficulties bad enough to lose everything.
When we want to be remembered after we’re gone, we have to find another way. We try to build things that will last or try to accomplish something remarkable that will get us a mention in history books. No matter how hard we try, we can’t guarantee we will be remembered.
But when we pour our lives into others’ and when we do what is right and what the Lord commands us to do, those works follow us. Even when we’re gone the people who love us will remember what we did for them. Those remembrances are the only things we can take with us.
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