I was reading a blog the other day, and it mentions about how time was the only resource we actually totally use up with no hope of regaining. I thought about it, and it really struck me. Later that evening I’m watching the series Tudors, and King Henry VIII asks his closest friend (paraphrased)
“What is the one thing you cannot regain?”
“Your virtue?”
“No for by your actions you may redeem yourself”
“Your honour then?”
“No, for again by your actions you may regain honour. It is time, the one thing we use up competely.”
So at this point, I’ve got my ears pricked up thinking, ‘Hmmmm I think God’s got a point in this for me’.
Next day, in Church, the leader of my Church is preaching, but he decides God wants him to not do the sermon he planned, but instead talk about how we don’t have much time on this Earth, that it is time to stop being apathetic, and time to start living for God. At this point I am certain God is saying something and start to wonder what to do about it.
The final nail holding up the “The Time is Nigh” sign was that night’s film- The Bucket List. A film about two dying men on a journey to complete a list of things before they ‘kick the bucket’.
First off I was tempted to think of it as an impending doom proclamation. “That’s it, my number is up, gonna get cancer, or get hit by a bus…’. But the Bible itself says in 1 Thessalonians 5v 2
“… for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night” and in 1 Corinthians 9v24
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.”
So this whole thing isn’t exactly new news, suggesting it’s not a warning to me in particular. However, it’s always good to avoid walking in front of buses anyway…
So what do I do with my new-found revelation? What struck me was how much it meant each day, each hour, each minute of my life needed to count, every moment matters. I need to life my life in love, for God and for those around me. I have to admit, I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to work this out practically, but I can tell you this much, after all that prompting, something’s gonna change!
Oh, and I started my own Bucket-List, something I will post about next.
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