Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of. If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality; since lost time is never found again and what we call time enough always proves little enough. Let us then be up and doing to the purpose; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity. Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.” Jesus observed: “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day; the night cometh, when no man can work” (John 9:4).
Time is a precious commodity. Life’s moments are fleeting. Moses observed: “We spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is there strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away” (Psalm 90:9-10).
Tragically, too many people do squander time. They spend the present regretting the past or dreading the future, neither of which should be our greatest concern. We cannot change the past, and there is no future if we neglect the present. The crucial question is not, “What have we done?” Nor, is it, “What are we planning to do?” The important question is, “What are we doing now?” That is especially true in the spiritual realm! Now is the time to live for Jesus. We must not rest on past laurels, nor should we delay our response to his call for another time. “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2).
Do you believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God? Are you ready to repent of your sins? Will you be baptized for the remission of your sins (Acts 2:39)? Now is the time to act. Tomorrow may be too late!
