“6My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to their end without hope. 7Remember that my life is a breath;” – Job 7:6-7 (ESV)
I forget that as long as my life is (in number of years) it is short when you think about God. The Grand Canyon was carved over millions of years, Christ was born over 2000 years ago, and the United States was born in 1776. My current 47 years of life is extremely short comparatively.
When we are looking at our lives, we should remember that they are short. When we are short on time, we focus on getting as much done as possible in that time so as not to “miss the deadline”.
And where is our focus? Well shouldn’t it be on completing the tasks set before us by God? Shouldn’t we prioritize our task list to have God’s at the top?
We are not going to be on this earth for very long (compared to the earth’s existence) and therefore we should be doing the work of God at every turn. We have an obligation to do God’s work first. Once we have completed the work of God we can get to those items that are on our list, although I suspect that some, if not all of them will fall off of the list entirely thanks to the gifts God will bestow on each of us for completing His work.
Knowing that our lives are short on this earth, are you focused on God? Are your priorities set so God’s work is done first? What if you did?
Trevor's Thoughts 