Job 14:1-2

Main Thought: When we read these words of Job, we are reminded that our physical lives are very brief. Even if we live to 80, 90, or 100 years old, it is a very brief time in respect to history, and especially in regards to eternity. It begs the question, especially as Christians, of what we are spending our time and energies on. When I was a young man, I thought I had all the time in the world to increase in my knowledge of God and to grow in my faith. But now, I look back and see that the time passed very quickly and there is still so much of God’s Word that I do not deeply know, and I am still dissatisfied with the progress of my spiritual growth. Job’s words confirm to me that I should count each day as a gift from God and that the focus of my life should not be on that which is temporal, but that which is eternal. Whatever age we are as Christians, the call of Christ is for us to “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” (Matt. 6:33). We cannot know if we will have tomorrow, but the call for us today and all the days He is pleased to give us is to live our lives for the glory of God. Adam and Eve were created by God and put into the Garden of Eden for a plan and a purpose, not just to sit around and admire the creation. We too as Christians have been saved, not just to sit around and dream about heaven, but we have been saved with a mandate to glorify God by preaching the Gospel, grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, grow in holiness and sanctification, serve and bless others, and carry out the call of the Church, which is to go into the world and make disciples of all nations. May every believer and every Church strive to be a lighthouse on a hill, magnifying Christ until we go to be with Him or until He comes again. Remember that this is our calling, and may God give us strength and endurance to fulfill this calling.