Romans 13:11-14
You know what sort of times we live
in, and so you should live properly. It is time to wake up. You know
that the day when we will be saved is nearer now than when we first put
our faith in the Lord. Night is almost over, and day will soon appear.
We must stop behaving as people do in the dark and be ready to live in
the light. So behave properly, as people do in the day. Don’t go to wild
parties or get drunk or be vulgar or indecent. Don’t quarrel or be
jealous. Let the Lord Jesus Christ be as near to you as the clothes you
wear. Then you won’t try to satisfy your selfish desires.
Scripture taken from the Contemporary English Version © 1991,1992, 1995 by American Bible Society, Used by Permission.
Do
you remember when you were a child and you visited your grandparents or
a friend…and you never wanted the visit to end? When Timothy, Zola and
Nathan visit our house, of course it’s the same thing. They are never
ready to go home! Often, they waste precious minutes of play time
standing around protesting how they wish they had more time and/or don’t
want to leave!
This is what we are being told in this scripture
passage. We are wasting time on things that are not important, when we
should be focused on God and living for Him. The adage, “Tomorrow is
another day” may have worked for Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With The Wind, but it has no place in the life of a faith-filled Christian. We cannot “play today” and serve God tomorrow.
Just
as much as some people want to do as they please today and “turn over a
new leaf” to live for Jesus another day…there are people who are so
busy serving God and living for Him that it seems like they never rest!
Have you ever heard someone say that they will sleep when they get to
Heaven? These folks have heard the words of Paul to the Romans…they are
serving God now…on this earth and in this lifetime. And this is what
we should all be doing.
Timothy stayed with us last night, and he
asked several times, “When is it going to be day?” Finally, I asked
him, “What are you going to do tomorrow when it’s day again?” He
replied, “I don’t know.” I’m afraid that this is the answer for a lot
of us. We really don’t know what we will do with the day we are
given…and often we waste a large part of it on things that do not serve
God, build our faith, or share the Good News of Jesus with others.
We
don’t know when our “earthly visit” will end…how much time we will be
given. But we must not waste a minute of it. We often tell the children,
“Get busy playing!” It’s time for us to wake up and “get busy” living
in the light of Christ! This is the day that the LORD has made…how will
you spend yours?
©2015 Debbie Robus
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