What Are You Doing with Today?
How are you using this day?
I remember having a conversation that took place years ago with a brother about education. I was considering returning to school to finish my college degree. I remember making the excuse of being almost fifty years old when I would finish. This kind brother responded that, unless I was to die before then or Jesus was to return, “You are going to be fifty anyway. You can be fifty with a degree or you can be fifty without a degree.” Well, this past week I finished that degree, and I owe so much to my wife and children, as well as my Point Pleasant family, for all the love, support, and encouragement I have been so blessed with. Without you I could not have done it!
Spiritually speaking everyone dies! That, in and of itself, is a sad statement. Out of context and viewed through the prism of human wisdom the thought of death is distressing. And so mankind asks, “What is the meaning of life.” The psalmist, in Psalm 86 – 90, is right when he says that his life draws to the grave and he is but another man who will die and be buried (88:3 – 4). He says that our lives are like a story that is told and then it is over: and if we live to be 80 years old we soon die and leave this life (90:9 – 10). Over this we have no control. And when this life is over we will stand before God and give an answer and we need to know that in His dwelling place is justice and judgment.
So many make excuses for not obeying the Christian life. “I’m too old.” “I don’t know enough.” “I’m not good enough.” “What if…?” Look, the fact is that we are all going to die and there is nothing we can do about it (Ecclesiastes 8:8). And after death each one of us will stand before a righteous Judge and give an account for our lives (Hebrews 9:27; 2 Corinthians 5:10). So you are going to stand before God one way or another. Why would you not prepare yourself for that inevitable day?
We are often asked, “How are you spending your days?” The more immediate and important question is “How are you spending your day?” Today! “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts” (Hebrews 4:7). “I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
Make your life worth while: love, serve, obey, and be faithful! Don’t delay…why not now?