Title

As Time Goes By

Scripture
What is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
(James 4:14)
Devotional
With the passing of years comes the increased passage of time. Time to a child seems endless. To children minutes are as hours, hours as days, days as weeks and a week as a lifetime. I am at the time of my life when weeks are as days and days pass by as minutes. We do not have much time on this earth. It does truly pass as a vapor. Therefore, let us do as instructed by the apostle Paul, “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”(1) How do we redeem time, since time cannot be renewed? Time is our greatest commodity. Once it is spent, it cannot be regained. Therefore, the only time that we can redeem is the time we have not spent. To do so is to plan, prepare and implement. Since life is but a vapor, why not enjoy it and make a lot of steam.

(1) Ephesians 5:15-15
Thought For The Night

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” Carl Sandburg, (1878–1967), Pulitzer Prize winning author, most noted for his two-part biography on Abraham Lincoln.

 

Evening Text
James 4:14: What is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
Looking for Answers
Evening Study Guide
Defining: “Time”: That which cannot be bottled. “A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future. The time was; the time has been; the time is; the time will be,” Noah Webster 1828.
 
Referencing: ““All flesh is as grass,            and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the Lord endures forever,” 1 Peter 1:24, quoting Isaiah 40:6-8.
 
Applying: Do not waste your time or the time of others; it is a non-replenishable entity.