ONLY ONE CHANCE

We have only one chance to show our worth; we can waste it or put it to good use. We have only one life on Earth; we can grow a Heavenly crop or an infernal one for ourselves.

According to God’s Creation Plan, man is an immortal being. He spends part of his time on Earth and the rest in the Hereafter. This world is for actions; in the next world, we will reap the consequences of our actions.

The only chance we have to work for the Hereafter is in this world. Afterwards, we shall not be able to act; we shall rather have to bear the consequences of our actions. We have very little time on Earth. Many who were once among us on Earth are now dead and gone. In the same way, we shall be removed one day from the land of the living. Our lives will end, and we shall be brought before the Lord to be judged.

This life is the first and last chance that we shall have to build an eternal future for ourselves. We have only one life on Earth, and it is in this life that we must prove our worth. We are being tried on Earth, and this trial will surely reach a decisive outcome. We shall not be able to escape the consequences of our actions.

Every second that passes is conclusive, for the time that has passed can never return. We have only one chance to show our worth; we can waste it or put it to good use. We have only one life on Earth; we can grow a heavenly crop or an infernal one for ourselves.

Now, the time has finally come for man to awaken, take lessons from the signs in nature and history, and plan his life in a way that avails him in his post-death period. One who loses this opportunity should know that another such opportunity will not come again.

Man has been given only one chance to build his future. It is now up to him to utilize it or lose it forever. Those who make use of this chance have eternal Paradise in store for them, while those who fail to make use of this chance will have a fate such as is described in the Bible:

“And they will be cast into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth for all eternity.” (Matthew, 13:42)

Only death divides us from Doomsday. We are all proceeding towards a fate that will bring us eternal bliss or eternal torment. Every moment that passes brings us closer to the fate that is in store for us. Every day, the sun sets, and we lose one more day in our lives. We will never have another chance like the present to prepare for this awesome day. We have only a comparatively short time in this world but will have to endure the consequences of our life on Earth forever: either bliss or severe punishment.

We will soon leave this world where we are free to act and enter another world where we will reap the consequences of our actions; we must examine our lives before this happens. We will all have to stand before God one day. On that day, how fortunate will those be who are included among God’s faithful servants, for they will be honoured in Paradise. How unfortunate will be those whom God rejects, for they will have nothing to look forward to except eternal torment and disgrace.