TIME WELL SPENT

The brevity of life is spoken of several times in the Bible, reminding us that our sojourn here is much shorter than we're inclined to think ... 

• You have made my days a mere handbreadth;  the span of my years is as nothing before you. (Psalm 39:5)

• You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. (James 4:14)

• The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. (Psalm 103:15-16)

• Man is like the breath; his days are like a passing shadow. (Psalm 144:4)

Our time on earth is but a moment when compared to eternity. We are called to invest it wisely with eyes fixed on heaven's shore. 

C. S. Lewis - If you read history, you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were those who thought most of the next.

There is a sense of urgency to our marching orders ...

• Therefore, watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise ... redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:15-16)

• Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside the faith, redeeming the time. (Colossians 4:5)

• Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we first believed. (Romans 13:11)

• The world and everything in it that people desire is passing away, but those who do the will of God live forever. (1 John 2:17)

We tend to juggle time as if it belongs to us. It doesn't. 

God has entrusted us with it. So when our jobs, our relationships, our health, and any number of life's distractions vie for our attention ... we're to look to Him for direction.

In order to be effective stewards of our allotted time, He instructs us to 'take a breather' once in a while ... It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows; for so He gives His beloved sleep. (Psalm 127:2)

The proverbial clock is ticking ... prophecy is being fulfilled ... the return of Christ is at hand. 

Make the remaining time 'well spent'.