"Time"

Time is a precious resource and so often we don’t realize the value of time until suddenly we don’t have enough of it. How many of us have said those five words?

“If I had more time”. How many times have we wished for more time to do something, to learn something, to complete something? We can rearrange our schedules all we want but there are only 24 hours in a day. We can make all the plans and goals we want, but we only have so much time on this earth.

We cannot bend the rules of time, but we can make the most out of the time that we have.

Psalm 90:12 says “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom”

Perhaps the scarcity of time is sometimes our own fault sometimes we regret not putting in as much effort as we could have because we thought we had more time or maybe we didn’t take things seriously for the exact same reason, but the bible warns us not to overestimate the amount of time we have; it warns us against planning out every single detail of our future because frankly tomorrow is not promised nor is it guaranteed.

James 4:13-15 says “Come now, you who say ‘today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’, yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say ‘if the Lord wills we will live and do this or that.’”

Our culture is obsessed with planning for the future. The popularity of the question where do you see yourself in five years? Now, it’s not a bad thing to plan or to be prepared for the future, but if we’re not careful we can become so focused on tomorrow that we forget to live for today. We can forget to live for God today. Because we’re thinking we have more time to get right with him.

Ephesians 5:15-16 says “Look carefully then, how you walk not as unwise but as wise making the best of the time because the days are evil.

The days are evil, what could that ominous phrase mean? The environment we live in is saturated by sin in this world. Sin is so easy to come across, however we have to make a conscious effort to seek and obey God. We must make an effort to walk in the wisdom of God. Otherwise, we’ll get swept up in the currents of our sinful surroundings. Every day we must choose to prioritize the things of God and to honor him with our time.

John 9:4 says We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day, night is coming when no one can work.

We’re living in the daytime now, but night is coming faster than we think. In the blink of an eye Jesus will return and when he does, will he find you making the most out of your life? Or will he find you wishing that you had more time? So, let’s not waste any more time, don’t waste another day. Get right with Jesus. Give your life to Jesus Christ. Surrender and commit yourself to him today.

You may not have tomorrow my friend so make an effort to know and love him more every day in your heart. Make the decision to honor him for the rest of your days and he will redeem every second of lost time.