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✒️ MAKING AND EXECUTING A WILL📝
Goals prepare us for life and living wills prepare us for death and dying. However for the christian whether we live or die we are the Lord’s. We live to the Lord. We die as well to the Lord. This is such a comforting thought.
A will essentially establishes how an estate is to be split up after the death of the owner. Not making a will can create a lot of problems (Luke 12:13-15). In modern times, the state simply takes over and split the estate as she deems fit. The rules of intestacy are applied but the results are seldom to the advantage of the heirs.
There are many good reasons for making a will among which are :

l.) Our affairs can be handled exactly as desired

2.) The impact of inheritance tax can be minimized.

3.) We can appoint our own executors and invest them with powers of administering the estate

4.) Other things concerning funeral etc. can be specifically detailed.
In making our wills, the church of God and the propagation of the gospel should be kept in mind. A will made to the Lord is a will and legacy that will live for ever.
Because of the complexity of tax laws, professional advice should be sought in making a will and due consideration of the possible advantages and disadvantages of choosing one type of executor over another should be embarked on (friend, family, institution (bank), solicitor etc.). Moses acted as the executor in the administration of the estate of Zelophehad (Numbers 36:1-3; 27:1-11).
Writing a will is a recognition of our mortality and not wanting to leave things to chance and in a disarray. Nobody lives for ever (Genesis 3:19; Ecclesiastes 12:7; 8:8; Zechariah 1:5; l Chronicles 29:15; Job 7:6; 8:9; 9:25; 30:23