If you knew for a fact that in twenty-four hours you would be departing this world (whether by death or rapture) what would you do with your events of today? It is a question which is often asked but very few people ever really answer. The truth of the matter is that we are beings who do not wish to contemplate our ultimate days. Although we spend a tremendous amount of our mental time considering the things that we have done in the past, and we often say that we would do things differently, the fact is that we overlook our closest opportunity of change. It is present! It is right in front of us. In front of us? Yes. The answer is on the face of the clock on the wall; and on the watch on the wrist!
In the time that you read the last paragraph, and perhaps paused to contemplate the question, your remaining lifespan decreased. The past pasted by you even as you sat! But if you had known that you only had a few remaining hours on earth, you might have considered doing something else with your minutes. When we consider our days, we are quickly faced with the obviousness of what is of value and what is not of value. But when we feel that time is ‘forever’ we waste our time so easily.
Now consider the following second set of questions. What thoughts and energies have you been expending during the last few days? Have you been thinking of fears, torments, schemes, and bitter nesses? Have you been using up your allotted time with thoughts of God, or of carnal reasoning’s? When we have only hours to live we quickly want to tell our children that we love them, or we set our house in order, or we quickly finish our life’s most ambitious projects. So why wait until it is time to die? The steps of a RIGHTEOUS man are ORDERED of the Lord. Renew your mind today! In the flash of an eye your past will be all you have.
Original Copyright: © Anthony J. Massotti Th.M., Th.M. 2/14/1999