The co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, did all that was humanly possible to keep his life going, but it was not to be. His battle with cancer that started in 2004 claimed another victim. He was fifty-six years old.
What started in a garage with a high school buddy back in 1976, Apple, became the most valuable technological company in the world. He had a never ending string of hits, including iPod, touchscreen iPhone, and the famous iPad. Most of these I wouldn't even know how to turn on.
His name will go down with such genius minds as Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin. He came from an unusual background. Jobs was born to an unmarried graduate student in San Francisco in 1955, His father was Abdulfattah Jandali, a student from Syria. His mother gave him up for adoption to Clara and Paul Jobs, a working class couple who early-on saw his interest in electronics and nurtured it. Jobs got his first job at Hewlett-Packard before he finished high school. He tried college but dropped out after a few months. Steve Wozniak, an older high school friend, made a homemade computer. Jobs saw it's potential and the two of them started Apple. Apple I was a computer without a case, keyboard, or monitor. Apple II in 1977 was the first one for a mass market. It was so popular that Jobs was worth $100 million by age 25.
But, as we read in the Bible over and over about great men....."and he died". His vast wealth and incredible skills could not lead the way to a cure for the cancer which struck him. "and he died".
Another word from the Book...."It is appointed unto man ONCE to die...and after that the judgement". That is a universal appointment we will meet. It matters not if we are incredibly rich or dirt poor. It makes no difference if we are brilliant or slow. We will each and all stand before the judgement with our Maker.
I have no knowledge of Jobs religious life or spiritual walk. I hope he was wise enough to settle that matter with the Creator before the fact. Ours is a loving God, not wishing that any should perish, but not making routes of escape for those who reject Him.
The larger question today is you and me; where we are in our spiritual pilgrimage in this ever-so-brief earthly journey.
