We were walking down the street in Seattle, enjoying the weather and the day, when we passed a retail store with this display in the window. The handwritten sign asks a profound question,
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"When you live forever, what do you live for?"
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Obviously the display is for apparel related to the Twilight movie series, but the question goes beyond the fictional life of vampires.
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The truth is that we are each eternal beings. We don't have to become a vampire to achieve this status. It's our destiny. Everyone one of us will live forever. So, when you live forever, what do you live for? Most people live for now, for the moment. Most of us cannot look beyond next week let alone into eternity and yet what we do now has impact on eternity. Our eternity, our destiny and destination is decided now...in this life. A simple question meant to advertise vampire merchandise offers us in the real world a profound question to consider.
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Peter gave this response, it may give some direction for anyone willing to seriously ask this simply question. He wrote,
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1 Peter 2:12 Live such good lives among those in the world that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
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Paul offered this as his answer,
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1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.
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When you live forever, what should you live for? Live for the glory of God. There is no better answer to the question, "what should you live for?" It has eternal results. You will never regret it. The next question for you to ask yourself is much more complicated, "what would that look like in my life?" Now you are on the way. There is no quest more exciting.
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So, since you will live forever, what should you live for?
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