Alfred Nobel was a Swedish Chemist who made his fortune by inventing dynamite and other powerful explosives that governments bought to produce weapons. When Nobel's brother Lugvig died, a French newspaper accidentally printed Alfred's obituary instead. He was described as a man who became rich from enabling people to kill each other in unprecedented quantities. Shaken by this assessment, Nobel resolved to use his fortune to reward accomplishments that benefited humanity, including what we now know as the Nobel Peace Prize. He invested nine million dollars in this attempt to edit his role in history.
Nobel had a rare opportunity to look at the assessment of his life at its end - yet while he was alive and had an opportunity to change that assessment.
There will be one day where God assess us of our quality of work (1 Cor 3:12-15). When that day arrives, will you be known as one who accumulated treasures on earth that you couldn't keep? Or will you be recognized as one who invested treasures on heaven that you cannot lose?
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