What Is Your Only Comfort In Life And Death?

The Heidelberg Catechism written in 1563 begins with a profound first question and answer worth meditating on and absorbing.

Q. What is your only comfort in life and death?

A. That I am not my own, but belong--body and soul, in life and in death--to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him. 

This is the most important question you will ever face. What enables you to endure life and face death unafraid? This question shapes our whole existence. The first thing we are to know as a Christian is that we belong to Jesus and not ourselves.