Avoiding Disaster

M

an works hard to build a solid financial base for his life. When he builds a fine house for himself, he feels that his efforts have been rewarded. He builds success for himself in the world. Then suddenly death overtakes him. He leaves his home for the grave. His fine body is devoured by earth and worms. His worldly gain comes to nothing, as if there had been no connection between him and his achievements.

He dreamt of mansions in the world; now he has to enter the grave. Finally, he is raised from the dead and brought before the Lord to be judged. There he will be absolutely destitute. He will not even have clothes to cover his body. Everything he had earned will amount to nothing. His friends will desert him. He will be left powerless. He will be deprived of all the supports which made him so sure of himself on earth.

It is an ill-fated journey on which one meets disaster as one nears one’s destination. It is a strange traveller who thinks that he is heading towards his goal, and only realizes that he has been on the wrong track all along as he nears his destination.