“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.”– Ecclesiastes 9:10–12
Edward Everett Hale, who served as Chaplain of the U.S. Senate in the early 1900s, wrote, “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. What I can do, that I ought to do. And what I ought to do, by the grace of God, I shall do.” Each day, every one of us has opportunities to do things for God that will never come again in exactly the same way. We meet people who are lost, people who are discouraged, and people who are suffering. If we are not diligent in our efforts, the opportunities to help them will be lost forever.
The reality is that none of us knows how long we have to live. Moses wrote, “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (Proverbs 90:12). When we number our days as the Bible teaches, we come up with one—today is the only day that we know we have to serve God and serve others. That means we need to seize every opportunity to work for God, and do all that we can for Him while there is still time. Seizing the opportunities that come to us day after day is the only way to have a life of faithful service. (Daily in the Word)
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
