It is not too late to heed the injunction of this command.
The Lord Jesus elaborated on it when He said 'That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.'
Thus graphically does Jesus describe the issues of life. Of course, what arises out of these may be more devastating still and have ever-widening consequences. It may be that there are many unsoothed hurts, to put it at its mildest, because we have allowed untold evils to issue from our hearts.
The heart must receive attention and be kept under control like a garden. Fair flowers will grow, but not if the garden is overrun with weeds. Weed-pulling is backbreaking work. If weeds are clogging your heart; if the issues of life have been the cause of much sorrow and regret it is a task we must now address: the task of repentance before God; and, if it is feasible, even of making redress to those we have offended.
Above all, we must control and discipline our thoughts in the days which remain. The extremity of bodily weakness, and perhaps of pain, will readily produce evil thoughts, blasphemy, pride and foolishness. But we can produce, even in a short time, such issues as love, joy and peace as will delight those who gather round us.
Unto the Lord belong the issues from death (Psalm 68:20).
A whole new experience begins at death, of which the most significant thing is that God is in complete and immediate control. We will no longer be our own masters, as we once rashly thought ourselves to be. It will become immediately and awesomely apparent that He is so holy that, before long, heaven and earth will flee from before His face.
Things issue out of death as a God-directed consequence. Firstly, God separates the souls of all men from their bodies. In an instant there is a further separation; the believers in Jesus are transported to the beginnings of the bliss which awaits them; unbelievers are removed to the appointed place where torments commence. God makes no mistakes in this infallible work from which there is no appeal.
Both groups remain disembodied for a while, until the last believer upon earth has been saved. Then there is judgment day. Heaven and earth will flee away be fore the great white throne of God. Bodies will be resurrected and reunited with souls. The books will be opened. Judgment will be pronounced. Unbelievers will be cast into an eternal, abiding hell. Believers will enter into the joy of their Lord, to be with Him unceasingly. The new heaven and the new earth in which righteousness dwells shall appear and be permanently established. These are some of the issues from death. Many others have not been revealed. Let us not go hence into death unprepared for the issues which await us.