Now is the watchword of the wise. (Charles Spurgeon)
back it up with bible
Psalms 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Romans 13:11, 12 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.
core christianity
Get On with It
After one of the services at our church, I spoke with a woman who had been recently diagnosed with cancer. She admitted to me that although she had made a commitment to Christ, she had not been living as she should. She felt badly about the wasted years of her life. “I have wasted so much time,” she told me. “You can’t change that,” I said, “but you can still get in the race. So you are a late bloomer. Do something now. Start today. And then get on with it tomorrow and the next day and as many days as God gives you.” We prayed together and asked that God would heal her. But we also prayed that if God did not choose to heal her, He would use her during this time and give her strength.
Don’t feel that because you haven’t lived as you should have for some 10, 20, 30, 40—or however many years that you have lost your opportunity. Get in the race. There is still a place for you. There are opportunities that God will give you.
The Bible tells us that one day we all will stand before God and be held accountable. He will want to know what we did with the abilities, talents, resources, and time He gave us. So we need to ask ourselves, What am I doing with my life? Am I using what God has given me? It is possible to have a saved soul and a lost life. How sad it would be to get to heaven with nothing to show for the time that God gave us. How much better it would be to hear Him say, “Well done, good and faithful servant.” So let’s get on with God’s work.
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- Only one life, ‘twill soon be past. Only what’s done for Christ will last.
- Live every day like it’s your last.
- What did I do today that I won’t have to do tomorrow? What progress, move or accomplishment, new, different or additional thing have I done more that the usual things I always have to do each day?
- The clock of life is wound but once
And no man has the power,
To tell just when the hands will stop
At late or early hour.
Now is the only time you own,
Live, love, toil with a will!
Place no faith in time,
For the clock may soon be still!
- This is our last chance to go into all the World & preach the Gospel to every creature! We’re their last chance & we’d better make good what God has given. This is everybody’s last chance to get on with it, & off with it--for it’s the end of the line!
- So what are you going to do? Are you going to pray like everything depended on prayer, work like everything depended on work & study like everything depended on studying & provision like everything depended on provisioning & teach like everything depended on teaching & witness like everything depended on witnessing?
- Don’t just stand there!--Do something!
- You do what you can and God will do what you can’t!
- Do more than exist--live! Do more than look--observe. Do more than read--absorb. Do more than hear- listen. Do more than listen--understand. Do more than think--reflect. Do more than plan--act. Do more than talk--say something!
- Do you want to work miracles?--Get out there and God will do them! Do you want compassion for souls?--Get out there and face the need, and God will give it. (The MOP)
make it personal
Lord, speak to me about the area(s) in my life where I need to take more action, to be more proactive, and how I can be more diligent to redeem the precious time that you have given me here on Earth and invest in things that will last for eternity.
