Our yearly devotional booklet consists of English translations of some of our Spanish
messages. The applications have been changed to be suitable for Christians, while
our Spanish messages are targeted to non-Christians. Mondays through Saturdays you will find
a daily message below. If you've missed a day, click the corresponding date on the
calendar to the left to see the message for that day. If you would like to see the
actual Spanish message that is being broadcast today, visit
conciencia.net.
WHEN ONE DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE
Psalm 107:17-18/Prov. 11:19/Romans 2:9-11; 6:23
"It's time you retired. You have worked long enough," his wife tried to tell
him. "It is time you stopped working," said his doctor each time he checked his
heart. But Robert Rees, gravedigger from Cheltenham, England, continued digging graves.
One day, while digging a grave, he suddenly grabbed his chest, exhaled with a cry of
pain and fell dead into his own grave.
There are many in this
world who live digging the very grave in which they will be buried. Here are some simple
but all too real examples.
People who are careless in what they eat, especially foods that are rich in fats and in
cholesterol, are in a sense digging their own graves.
People who smoke, are digging their grave with the smoke which lines their lungs and
throat, and threatens to give them cancer. People who drink alcoholic beverages, and use
drugs, are digging their own graves with their careless addictions.
Young people who stop studying and put away their books, and exchange education for
non-important things, are digging a grave in which their future success will be buried.
Married couples who stop communicating with each other and who no longer say, "I
love you", are digging a sure grave for their marriage.
We are building our future with our present behaviors. It all starts with the thoughts
that occupy our minds. Our thoughts become actions. Our actions become habits. Our habits
become character. Our character becomes our destiny. Our whole life rests in what consumes
our interests today.
We are building our destiny with what we think and do today. That destiny can be either
a grave of total defeat or it can be a resurrection to a new life of absolute victory. We
make that choice by deciding whom we enthrone as king of our life. Let us make Christ our
Lord. He will save us from any grave we may be digging.
A Spanish-language newspaper, published in Longwood, Florida, has a circulation of over
100.000. It is called La Prensa. Pray that each person who reads the .A MESSAGE TO THE
CONSCIENCE column in that newspaper will be drawn to Christ.