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Days Never Come Back
“I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.”
John 9:4
Summer is here and with it comes longer days. Will the longer days mean more work will be done or will it give us more time to play? Adding an extra hour of daylight does not ad more time, it only provides us more light to do only those things we cannot do in the dark.
Our infinite God never limited Himself by time or space. Although Jesus came to do the work of God in a given amount of days, each day had to be used wisely. After each day was spent, it would not be recovered.
This helps us see how serious it is to “waste time”. Time is not ours to spend as we please. How we spend our time is “stuff” of which life is made. If we “throw it away”, we throw away a portion of our life which is unrecoverable. We have thrown away all we have – the present.
Some take every “precious moment” and rush, rush, rush or squeeze, squeeze, squeeze. Others will slouch through life as if time were an unlimited resource, and there was no need to get in a hurry about anything. Both extremes are harmful and counterproductive.
The treasure of time has been placed in our hands. We are stewards of its used. It is to be used with wisdom, discipline, and goodness. If we let opportunities “go by”, we may have some more left, but the one we “let go” never comes back. Whatever we “let go” did not glorify God as much as it should have. Friend, we do not have many days left. We cannot afford to let them go into nothingness. If anything, salvation needs to come to your house today (2 Corinthians 6:2).
