James 4:14-15 Be Prepared

By Jimmy Lau

Since, life is short, what must we do?

1. Don’t waste it. We must seize each day that is given to us: “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil”(Ephesians 5:16). “Redeeming the time” means, “making the best use of time” (ESV). The devil wants us to give him all the time that we have. The handphone is his finest tool. With the phone in the hand, many Christians have no time for God. Even the worship hour for God has been taken away by some who are glued to their phones.

2. Live for eternity; serve God. The pursuit of the things in the world is vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:11). We need to pursue the thing that is most important: Serve God. Rather than assuming we will have more time for God later, we need to assume that all we have is today. Procrastination is the devil’s way to stop us from serving God. Our Lord says the time to serve Him is today, not tomorrow, or next year: “Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (John 4:35).
                                                                                                                     
3. Be prepared for eternity. As humans, we do not like to think about our own immortality. We simply assume that tomorrow will be like today. But think again! Have you perhaps experienced the sudden loss of life of a family member, or a member from the church, or a friend? Sudden death is not uncommon theses day. We don’t know when it will be our turn to leave this earth. Hence, God wants us to be prepared to meet Him (Amos 4:12).


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