The Brevity of Life
It never ceases to amaze me how quickly time passes. I look at my children and see how they have grown as it seems almost overnight. My and Ruth’s youngest son will be two years old in January, and yet, it feels as if he were just born. Time does indeed fly by.
In James 4:14, we are reminded how short our lives truly are. James says that one’s life is as “a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”
We are told in Hebrews 9:27 that “it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” We will all die and face the judgment of God one day. Therefore, we need to make sure that we are ready to meet God, for we do not know when our life will end.
Job recognized the brevity of life when he described it as “swifter than a weaver’s shuttle” (7:6), “as wind” (7:7), and “swifter than a post” (9:25). In Ephesians 5:16-17, we are told to redeem the time, “for the days are evil,” and we are exhorted not to be unwise, but rather to understand what the will of the Lord is.
Solomon reminds us of the brevity of life and to take advantage of our opportunities while they are available (Eccl. 9:10). We do not know when our last day on this earth shall be, so we should choose to obey and serve God until our final hour upon this earth.
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Devotional, Michael Carter, Uncategorized
on October 19th, 2008
