If you could be remembered for one thing, what would it be? Would it be prayer, visiting the sick, feeding the hungry, adopting the orphans? If a brief sentence were to be written down on your tombstone, what would it say?

One chapter in the Bible–Hebrews 11–is known as the faith hall of fame. Many biblical characters, such as Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Rahab, and a few others are mentioned by name. These people were commended for their faith. (Hebrews 11:39). The entire chapter stands out as a passage of scripture that encourages us and challenges us to live by faith.

The day will come when you might get a chance to write a will and be asked what you would like for your tombstone to say once you have passed on. Most of us might choose something spiritual, so as to inspire others to live as our tombstone would claim we lived. However, what if rather than asking you, the people who knew you best were the ones to write on your tombstone? What would they say? 

Suddenly, as the tables are turned for the observants to give their opinions on how they observed our lives, we are humbled at the thought that we might not be all that spiritual after all and we yet have a long way to go. The important challenging questions we should ask ourselves are: How am I living my life? Am I living by faith? Am I genuinely serving the Lord wholeheartedly? (Ephesians 6:7-8)

Whatever spiritual message you would like to be engraved on your tombstone, it has to be evidenced today and the day after it, and the day after it–all the days of your life. Our aim should be to seek to be known in the eyes of God for genuinely, consistently, faithfully serving Him, so in the end, we will hear Him say what we yearned to hear all along, “Well done, good and faithful servant!” (Matthew 25:21)