Don’t Wait
By Phil Higley | November 13, 2008
“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” Eph 5:15-16
Jonathan Edwards said, “Time is very precious because, when it is past, it cannot be recovered. There are many things that people possess, which if they part with they can obtain again. If a man has parted with something he had, not knowing the worth of it or the need he might have of it, he often can regain it—-at least with effort and cost. But it is not so with respect to time. Once time is gone, it is gone forever; no pains, no cost will recover it. Although we repent ever so much that we let it pass, and did not use it well while we had it, it will mean nothing. Every part of time is successively offered to us, that we may choose whether or not we will make it our own. But there is no delay. It will not wait on us to see whether or not we will comply with the offer. But if we refuse, it is immediately taken away, and never offered again. As to that part of time that is gone, however we have neglected to use it well, it is out of our possession and out of our reach.”
There is coming a day when all will wonder what they could have done better with the time that was given them; the people they could have said “I love you” to, or the ones they could have said “I forgive you” to. Take Edwards’s perspective on time seriously. If you have anyone you need to reconcile a relationship with, then don’t wait, don’t waste anymore time. Go and reconcile the relationship and forgive that person, or perhaps accept their forgiveness. If you have any goals that you’ve been putting off, then don’t wait, but go out and do them.
It’s kind of cliche, but life is indeed short. The analogical example is limited but consider that a person in their right mind would never throw money in the trash or invest in fools gold. Why then would we treat our time any different? At least one can make money; but, they can’t make time!
Don’t wait…
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