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The
Present Of Time
Imagine
there is a bank that credits your account each morning with
$86,400. It carries over NO balance from day to day. Every
evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to
use during the day.
What would
you do with such an account? Draw out every cent, of course!
Each of
us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, YOU and
I are credited with 86,400 seconds. Every night, it writes
off, as lost, the amount that we have failed to invest to
good purpose. It carries over NO balance. It allows NO overdraft.
Each day, it opens a new account for us. Each night, it burns
the remains of the day. If we fail to use the day's deposits,
the loss is ours. There is NO going back. There is NO drawing
against tomorrow.
How
are YOU spending it?
Many today
use the phrase "killing time" – but in contrast,
we are instructed by God's Word to "redeem time"
– to make the most of today! "Be very careful, then,
how you live - not as unwise but as wise, redeeming the time
- making the most of every opportunity - because the days
are evil" (Ephesians 5:15-16).
We must
live in -THE PRESENT- on today's deposits. We must INVEST
it so as to get from it the utmost in life! The clock is ticking
. . . . . .
NOW is
the time to make our lives right with God! For He says:
'In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of
salvation I have helped you.' Behold, NOW is the accepted
time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians
6:2 NKJV).
TODAY
can be the day of YOUR salvation if you will: place your trust
in God (Hebrews 11:6), repent of sin (2 Corinthians 7:9-10),
confess Jesus (Romans 10:9-10), be baptized (immersed) into
Christ so that your sins can be forgiven (Acts 2:38), AND
commit the rest of your life to obeying God so that the blood
of JESUS can continue to cleanse you from sin (1 John 1:7).
Yesterday
is history;
Tomorrow is a mystery;
Today is a " GIFT" -- that is why it is called ……
" THE PRESENT"
Make
the most of it by submitting to the will of God TODAY!
God
bless you.
David A. Sargent,
Minister Church of Christ at Creekwood
 
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