Our Time Is Short!

I was blessed to preach, and teach a Sunday school class this past weekend.  There is a dear lady from the congregation whose life is drawing to a close. The Lord gave me the right message for what those folks needed. A family member testified that the dear lady was witnessing to lost loved ones powerfully from her bed. With the few breaths that she has left she shared the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ to her lost loved ones. I have been meditating on how precious our time is. The importance of squeezing everything possible out of each day has been heavy on my heart as of late. A few weeks ago I had this thought pierce me to the bone as I sat in a pew at Anchor Baptist Church at Brevard, North Carolina,  "Preach every message as if it was your last." I have noticed a certain desperation and intensity during my prayer time like never before. Listen- I wasted thirty-six years of my life- I want to say it again, I wasted thirty-six years of my life. I lived for me and for the world while dead in my trespasses and sin. But now, I have an opportunity to give myself each day for the cause of Christ.  Each day I must make a decision to either walk in the Spirit or fulfill the lust of the flesh. I want to live everyday under the shadow of the Bema Seat. I will one day have to give an account to the Lord Jesus Christ (II Corinthians 5:10) for my life- All the opportunities- All the words- The talents I have been given- All the days that God has given me. That is a sobering truth.

Dear believer, what have you been investing yourself in? The things of God or the things of the world? Our time is short yet our opportunities are many. I want to challenge myself everyday to redeem the time that I have been blessed with. Our time is short, what choice will you make?

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