Dave’s Monday Blast – October 20, 2014

I just returned from a hunting trip with my son. We left Thursday morning and returned yesterday evening. My son arrived in this world when I was 42 years old. He is now sixteen and changing daily before my eyes. I have seen many “firsts” this year from him: he is taller, stronger and heavier than I am, he has acquired his learners permit and we are driving every day, he asked a young lady to a school function for the first time, and with his first deer tag, shot a nice 3 point black tail on his first hunt. (Dragging deer out of the brush is for young men)!

These recent personal events got me thinking about time and its brevity. Our lives are governed by time. As the minutes tick by, we wonder where the days went. When responsibilities and pressures mount, we complain, “I just don’t have time to get it all done!” But the reality is that God has given us enough time to do exactly what He’s planned for our lives. Perhaps the bigger the issue is whether we are using our time to do our will or the Lord’s.

Time is gift from God, and He has allotted each of us a measure in which to live and accomplish His purposes. We have only two options – to spend it temporally on our own interests or invest it eternally. I am fond of saying that time can never be retrieved or reversed, it’s critical that we make the most of every opportunity the Lord provides. With only three years of active ministry Jesus accomplished all that His Father gave Him to do. That’s why on the cross He could say, “It is finished” (John 19:30)

Scripture compares earthly life to “a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes” (James 4:14), but eternal life never ends. It’s foolish to spend your life on a vapor when you can reap everlasting benefits by following God’s will for your time here. Each day provides a Man of Intention with the opportunity to INTENTIONALLY choose; so choose well this day!