It’s All A Matter Of Time!
It’s All A Matter Of Time!
“It is high time to awake out of sleep.” Romans 13:11
We live in a world where time is of the essence. A century is a long time in history. A second is a long time in basketball. We are also always assessing the present, reviewing the past and hoping for a better future.
When life is hectic, hours seem like seconds. When we are in distress, seconds seem like hours. When all is going well, there are not enough hours in the day. When all is not well, the shortest night is far too long. We have also learned from experience that the good days are too good to last, and the bad days are not the last of it.
King Solomon, who had it all, said, “The years draw near when you say, ‘I have no pleasure in them’” (Eccl. 12:1 NKJV). Considering the depressing prospect of old age and infirmity, Solomon also wrote of “a time to be born and a time to die,” and later added, “The living know that they will die” (Eccl. 3:2, 9:5).
However, the Bible teaches that man’s real problem is eternity. Having been born, we can never cease to exist, for death itself does not take away the survival of the soul nor cancel the inevitability of judgment. For “the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy” (Isa. 57:15) takes account of how men pass their time.
Paul wrote that “it is high time to awake out of sleep” (Rom. 13:11). Jesus preached repentance in Israel over 2000 years ago. God has been very generous with time, withholding judgment from a wicked world (2 Pet. 3:9). But time is running out. Trust in the Lord Jesus who died for our sins and rose from the dead for our acquittal. “Behold, now is ... the day of salvation” (2 Cor. 6:2). Don’t wait! Tomorrow may never come.
By Tom Summerhill
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