Life is short!
If this saying is true, then it must make a difference in how we see the
world, act toward the world, and speak about the world. Rather than falsely believing that we have
all the time we need, a fire would be lit beneath us to get us moving
proactively in the direction we’ve always wanted to go. None of us are promised second chances. We only get today. And today is short.
The question then becomes, “what are you going to do
about it?” For me I get both comfort and
uneasiness from this reality. To be
honest I feel like I never do enough.
There is always more to be done.
I waste time. I spend time on
things that are useless. In reality, at
times, I live like today lasts and lasts and lasts....but it doesn’t.
Today will end.
Tomorrow may or may not come.
Regardless, if it does come, it too will end. On and on we go until one day we wake up and
realize that our life has swept by and we are now nearing the last stretch of
the race. Paul said it this way, “Therefore I do not run like a man running
aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so
that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the
prize” (1 Cor. 9:26,27). Do you see
the focus in Paul?
Elsewhere, James says it this way, “Why, you do not even know what will happen
tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little
while and then vanishes” (James 4:14).
Translation? Life is short.
Here is the good news:
If you are reading this, then your life can still make a positive
difference. Look up to God and then look
out to see what you can do. Life’s
short, AMP Up!
Jeff Powell
