Daily Devotional

-May 26, 2021-

Good morning, happy Wednesday,

-Working The Works Of God While We Have the Time-

“I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

(John 9:4-5).

If you have experienced a power outage, and most all of us have many times, you know how limiting it is especially in the winter when the number of daylight hours is lower. In Jesus’ day, there was no electricity, so they depended on the sun to get their work done.

Jesus uses this analogy of the daylight hours to relate how brief life is. He was conscious of time because he created time. There are twenty four hours in a day but less hours of sunshine. He was on a mission to serve the Father and accomplish His work. He lived but thirty three years on this earth and His ministry was just three years.

None of us knows how long we have left on this earth; we are growing older and we are cognizant that we are living in the last days. There are so many signs that point to the soon coming of Christ. The proverbial clocks of our lives is ticking and the time to serve the Lord is less now than when we first believed.

Jesus said in John 4:34, “…My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.” Then later in John 17:4, as He neared the time of His death on the cross, He said to the Father, “I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work You have given Me to do.” Oh, that this would be our desire today: to glorify God and finish the work He has given us to do today and every day.

The brevity of life is portrayed so clearly and perfectly in James 4:13-15, which says, “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.’” Life is but a vapor, a breath that we see on a cold day, then it is gone. Life is so short, especially in the light of eternity. Right now we are in the day, but night is coming, and is almost here.

Let us then use the time, strength, gifts, talents, skills, abilities and material and financial resources that God has given us to serve Him. Time is passing so fast. We may have already squandered so many opportunities. May we confess it to the Lord and move forward with greater zeal and determination to live for and serve our Lord Jesus Christ. Night is coming when no man can work.

Have a blessed day pressing the restart button in our lives and serving Him more going forward. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean