Thursday Reading: Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
Key Verse: Ecclesiastes 12:1
1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days do not come, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them.
Devotion:
How many times have you looked back and wondered why you did not do something or why you went about things the wrong way? We all do tend to do that – look back and wonder why; but how many times in that wondering do you stand up and change your life now to be more like what you thought it should have been like then? It is easy to look back with hind-sight and wonder, but it is another thing to change now to prepare for the future. We all need to take a long, careful look at passages like this to bring it to mind that we will face times ahead when we will look back and wonder...
It’s not about regrets about not doing things when you had the time, it really does come down to the fact that as we get older we will be less able to do more for Christ! It is a fact of life; when we get older we start to lose the ability to do various things! I would not think twice about going for a 20 or 30 minute run when I was at senior school just to make sure that I was keeping fit – now it is a different matter! I could see minute details up close and would enjoy doing fine work with my hands like trying to fix watches and the like – now it is a different matter trying to hold the small things far away so my eyes can focus!
It is never too late to work with Christ, but if you want to know when the best time to start working with Him is, it is when you are young! We are faced with all manner of infirmities when we grow old; things that we do not even think about when we are young. Those infirmities will take our minds away from concentrating on Christ and what we can do for Him. It is not by chance that we go to school when we are young for those are the best days to learn new things. We need to find out the truth when we are young so that we are prepared for the future. Living with God as a youngster will give us a better understanding of Him when we are older. Don’t look back and wonder why – look forward in hope instead...
Points to Ponder:
What would you have done differently in your life?
Are you walking with God now?
