“I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.”– John 9:4
I love to watch the sun rise and set. But as beautiful as they are, they always comes to an end – and it’s seems so fast. Such is life. Things are always changing and coming to a consummation. The mightiest oak will someday succumb to the elements and fall. The most beautiful and fragrant flowers eventually wither and die. So it is with our labor and life. Like the roses, we are here only for a season. And just as sun rises, runs it’s course and goes down, some of us are in the sunset of life. We have far fewer days ahead than behind. Let’s make them count. Rather than thinking about what we’ve done, let’s think about what needs to be done – what we can do.
Today we labor in the vineyard of the Lord, tomorrow we might be in our heavenly home. We are coming to the end and none of us know exactly how much time we have left. Death is an appointment we all must keep. We are fools to think it will never come. For some it’s just a few steps more till the journey ends. We dare not get distracted! Some are more concerned about their “bucket list” than they are about the spiritual condition of their family and friends. They are majoring on minors. May God help us to not wander away out of the path of duty and waste our opportunities to serve.
Nor should we get discouraged. Sometimes the road is rough and the days are difficult, but the work must go on. Our text is associated with Jesus giving sight to the blind. While we can’t work miracles, we have a message that can. We are to sow the seed of God’s word so that others can have their eyes opened to the gospel and be saved. Without the sowing there will be no reaping. As servants of the Lord our work is so important that we dare not quit before the appointed time arrives. To finish well we must keep our hands on the plow and our eyes on the prize. Having done so we have no reason for regret. Let us determine to be faithful till our work is finished. We are coming to the end and one day, in a heart beat, we will have arrived. The sun will have set on our life. We will have passed from grief to glory– home at last! May we hear the Master say, “Well done!”. – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
