Prepare for the Moment That is Coming

Prepare for the Moment That is Coming It was a summer morning, and I was sitting in my office. From nearby trees I could hear the chirping of birds. I turned on the radio. A song was playing. I recall one line of the song: Sajan re jhoot mat bolo Khuda ke paas jana hai. (Do not speak lies, O my dear, We have to return to God!) Hearing this, I felt as if the song coming from the radio and the chirping of the birds coming from the trees were actually one and the same! It was as if the radio was expressing in the form of words the same truth that the birds were expressing in the form of their chirping. Their message was the same: “O man! This world where you presently are is God’s world. The secret of your success lies in realizing this truth and moulding your life according to it.” Life in this world is a period of test. And death is the end of that period. After death, every person is taken to God’s court, there to give a complete account of his life. On the basis of this accounting his eternal fate will be decided. Many people celebrate their birthday every year. They think it is an occasion for much fun and frolic. But actually, one’s birthday is in a sense one’s ‘death-day’. It should remind us that we have one year less now to remain on Earth, that our allotted span here has been reduced by a whole year. We are all sent into this world for a very limited span of time. After this, for everyone it is decreed that they must Prepare for the Moment That is Coming