Kill The Greatest Thief Now! - 3

Kill The Greatest Thief Now! - 3
“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their; strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away”. - Psalm 90:10.
You’ll recall that Moses was already 80years old when God called him to go and lead the children of Israel out of the land of captivity.  He knew however that the average lifespan of man should be 70 or at most 80.  And he understood that it was on the basis of God’s grace and mercy that he was given such task at that age.  He was aware that he was living on borrowed time.  And that was why he prayed to God “so teach us to number our days, that we may apply our heart unto wisdom”.
Like Moses, we ought to realize that our time on earth is borrowed and very short we may not realize how short it is; but we must understand that the wheels of nature are not made to roll backwards.
Everything presses on and on towards the end of our lives on earth.  We must be aware that there’s a limited time before us and time press us toward that sure days.  Thus we must profitably invest the limited time we have at our disposal.  Time waits for nobody.  Someone rightly said “you may delay, but time will not”.
Many times people spend time waiting for opportunities that may never come instead of rising up and making the best of the time and favour abilities they have available.

D. L. Moody, by his own confession made this mistake.  And it was a mistake he determined never to repeat.  He had been preaching in the city of Chicago, and that particular night drew his largest audience yet, His message was “what will you do then with Jesus who is called the Christ”.  Toward the end of the sermon, he began to feel very tired.  He therefore concluded with this statement: “Now  I give you a week to think that over.  And when we come together again, you will have opportunity to respond”.
After that, soloist began to sing.  But before the final note, the music was drowned out by clanging bells and wailing sirens screaming through the streets.  The great Chicago Fire had begun!  In the ghastly aftermath hundreds were dead and over a hundred thousand were homeless.
Undoubtedly, some who heard Moody’s message had died in the fire.  He reflected remorsefully that he would have given his right arm before he would ever give an audience another week to think over the message of the gospel.
This should open our eyes to the danger of delay and need to do all that we can for ourselves and our fellow men while till we may.  Learn from teacher: "it is natural that men extremely tired at the edge of their showcase". "I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day! the night cometh, when no man can work” - Jesus.
Procrastination Is The Thief Of Time. Kill It!