Mar 8:37: Or what shall a man give in exchange for his
soul?
(KJV)
(KJV)
What can a man not give in exchange for his life? A certain man
took ill and was flown abroad. He later died. What made news was not his death,
but how much he paid the hospital abroad to stay alive. Nobody knew he had that
huge amount of money anywhere. Whenever a man is faced with survival, he is
ready to give anything- no matter how dear- in exchange for his life. Men have
traded their faith for their lives. Women have traded their children for their
own lives. People have betrayed their friends to keep their own lives. There is
a saying common among South West Nigerians 'If pieces of a hot coal fall on both
you and your child, you would shake yours off before that of your child'. It
makes sense for a man to fight for his life first above all else. But why do men
give away their souls so easily? For what is the life without the soul?
In our Bible text for today, the Lord Jesus Christ rated the
soul above the life. He said in Mar 8:35-37 'For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's,
the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his
soul?'
So how seriously do you take your soul? Is your soul saved by
the Savior Jesus Christ? If that life of yours ends today, what assurance do you
have for your soul? How often have you traded your soul for pleasures, riches
and the likes? The Lord Jesus paid the price you could never afford for your
soul. Do not exchange it for even the whole world.
Go into today with the grace and determination to guard your
soul above all else.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, I ask for more grace. Help me never to
trade my soul for anything else. In Jesus' mighty name. Amen.
- Adeolu Olumodeji
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