I have talked about time before. Time was given to us by God so that we could measure how long things would last. Time measures seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years. It measures the seasons and the movement of the stars. Time also measures birthdays, holidays and any given season special to us.
It’s funny to us that ancient peoples built there lives around the movement of the sun and moon. But it’s not so funny when you realize that we do the same thing. I have some very nice watches that I loved to wear. Many people don’t wear watches today, because they use their cell phones to tell time.
God not only gave us time to measure things by. He also talked about being careful about the time we were given (Psalm 39:4-5). Time is finite and we have only a certain amount of time. The Past is gone. We can’t change it or do anything but learn from it (Isaiah 43:18-19).
Did you know that our future isn’t guaranteed (Proverbs 27:1)? No body knows when our lives will end. When we are young, we think we will live forever. But this isn’t true. We have all attended funerals for people from new born to over a 100 years old. Our time is finite. We are each given a certain amount of time. Once that time has been used, we are gone from this earth.
God does talk about a time that He does guarantee. And everybody has that time for themselves. You will never guess what that time is? That time that God guarantees is Now. Now is the accepted time. That is what we have. We live in the now, not the past or the future (2 Corinthians 6:2).
So, what are we to do? Now is just a moment in time. World changing events have happened in a moment. Things can reverse themselves in a moment. Again, what are we to do with Now? God talks about that very subject. He says that we are to live as if this was our last day on earth. That way we will accomplish what we need to in this very moment (Ephesians 5:15-16).
Time is finite, because all the time that we have is Now. So, I would hope that you use your Now wisely.
Crain Blanchard.
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