The most important blessing you will receive today has already happened: You woke up this morning.
If yesterday was an average day across the world, 172,824 people died. You were not one of them. You have been given this day by, and only by, the grace of Almighty God. Once this day is over, you will never get it back.
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By the time this day reaches its conclusion, another 172,824 folks will have passed on. You are only assured of now. This day.
How will you spend it? Will you do something today that will make a difference? Will you live these 24 hours in a way that is pleasing to God?
We humans love life. We must love it, or we wouldn’t spend countless hours seeing doctors, taking thousands of pills, forcing ourselves to exercise, disciplining ourselves to refrain from unhealthy foods, undergoing surgeries and enduring painful rehab! We do it because we want more days, more time. But how will you spend it?
Maybe it would help to ask, “Why was I put here in the first place?” The Bible can answer that. Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” There are many similar verses, but that’s the idea.
We are here for good works. They won’t save you — only acknowledging Jesus as Lord and Savior can do that — but we have a purpose, a reason for being given this day.
Not about us
It was never meant to be about us. You’ve been given these days to love, to serve, to console, to lift up, to pray, to encourage, to sympathize, to fellowship.
But, you might ask, do I never get any “me” time? Am I never allowed to indulge myself? The Bible, of course, responds to that as well. Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.”
I bet you’ve heard that verse before. It’s a pretty famous one, and for good reason. The joy that comes from walking with God will far exceed any satisfaction you get from living a self-serving life.
With God as your guide, every day can be “me time.”
EDITOR’S NOTE — Ken Lass is a retired Birmingham television news and sports anchor and an award-winning columnist for numerous publications and websites.
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