A few days ago, someone said to me – “wow! The year went by so fast, I can’t believe we’ve got just 3 weeks left!”
I find it interesting that early in the year, most people count how many days or months in the year have been ‘spent’. E.g. By the 1st of February, people say – one month of the year is gone. However, towards the end of the year, most people talk in terms of – how many days or months are left. Some begin to rush to get many things accomplished when it dawns on them that the “time left” is dwindling.
In life also, you may have noticed people’s disposition to the change in time frames from “time since birth” to “time left to live”. For most people, this change occurs around age 40. Let’s face it, most youth count from “time since birth” and they always think they have time. A man once narrated his plans for his retirement to me; he assumed he had a superb plan as he beamed with one of the best smiles I have ever seen when he told me how he would spend his “time left to live” mainly doing God’s work. I asked him these questions: What about your “time since birth”; whose work would you be majoring on during this period? Your work? You bet he didn’t like my questions.
My message for today is simple – you need to ensure you work with the calendar of God for your life. Don’t reserve the main thing you should be doing in life for your “time left to live”. Ephesians 5:16 says – redeeming the time because the days are evil. By age 30, Jesus’ steps were already treading towards the finish line of his purpose. How old are you? If you cannot walk with God today along purpose lane, don’t be too sure you will do so tomorrow. Whatever you are going to become tomorrow, you are already becoming today. A bird-like creature cannot be too sure to realize its dream to be a cock if it is not like a chick today. That mammal with four legs should not think it will be a lion at its “time left to live” when it is just a cat at its “time since birth”. If God wanted Jack and John to live 70 years, I don’t think in His wisdom that He would want 50 of those years to be wasted. Every day counts in the kingdom. Give your best shot for God daily. Make your life count by making every moment count … for God!
Tope Aladenusi
