James 4:14 (NIV)
14 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.
Nothing takes God by surprise. Everything is moving
according to a plan, and God wants you in that plan. The devil also has a plan
for the world. God has a plan and the devil has a plan, and you will have to
decide which plan you are going to fit into. Scripture says that God allows us
70 years and some beyond. The first 15 are spent in childhood and early
adolescence. Twenty years are spent in bed, and in the last five, physical
limitations start to curtail our activities. That gives us about 30 years in
which to live as adults. We take time out for eating, and for figuring our
taxes, and we are down to perhaps 15 years. Now suppose we spend seven of those
years watching television. That cuts us down to seven or eight years. Our time
is short! The time we can invest for God, in creative things, in reaching our
fellowmen for Christ, is short!
Thought for today:
How do I invest my time?
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