TICK-TOCK

THE HOUR ARM IS ABOUT TO STOP.
I would like to leave this here friends. A portion of scripture that gripped my heart some time back as with cold hands on the account of thinking how brief this breath we have can be. Men and women say that life can be cruel at time but I choose a different vine of perception as far as life is concerned. In light of this scripture, life happens within the parameters of God’s righteousness to all. What makes the difference between those who have a life account full of #life while another account is full of lifeless works and achievement is these:
Eccl 9: 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going.
11 I returned and saw under the sun that– The race is not to the swift, Nor the battle to the strong, Nor bread to the wise, Nor riches to men of understanding, Nor favor to men of skill; But time and chance happen to them all.
12 For man also does not know his time: Like fish taken in a cruel net, Like birds caught in a snare, So the sons of men are snared in an evil time, When it falls suddenly upon them.

Do not be caught up in the evil that is in this side of eternity. Evil has no power to rule but only if man offers to be a medium or a carrier around. This breath that we have is too brief compared to the timeless time in glorious eternity. We need to keep a conscious soul that is tuned to the works of righteousness that are given to us. When I reflect on how short time on this side of eternity can be and infact it is, I find it expedient of a man to fill his account with #life. Life goes beyond the termination of this temporal tent…. A good man leaves an inheritance to his children`s children, But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. Prov 13:5,22|NKJV.
The best inheritance that a man can leave behind that will live beyond his time and still accounted for him/her in eternity are the works of righteousness. An inheritance of estates and flocks is not to last for generations and beyond; it will be transferred from your name to a stranger and that’s the end of your memory. We do not know much about the life and estates of generals like Martin Luther, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa… You can mention them better than I can, but here is the point; their accounts that were heavily loaded with works full of life and ‘righteousness’ (allow me to use the quote in quote) are presently modeling lives and ministries across the world. That’s an inheritance we are talking about. One that will outlive hundreds of generations. Even though we know and are assured that God will satisfy us with a long life, yet, we ought to Live as though it were our last moments friend.

Covid-19 has taught me/us though not fast hand or directly that life ought to be done Making most of every chance and opportunity given to us “Whatever (our) hands finds to do, (we)do it with (our) might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where (we) are going… To do the works of grace and mercy; works of righteousness in our place of assignment. There is no other time to change the course that your life has taken for years which is not in coherence with the purposes of God but now. There is no other better or best time to right the wrongs that we are witnessing and some we facilitate than now. We were all created for glorious works. Do it and be free from the inside out friend. Tick-tock tick-tock, ticking-tocking and on and on and time is out.

Prayer:
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come and heal our land. As you heal our land, heal our lives and restore unto us the joy of salvation. The jubilation in the knowledge of your will that you may teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom in our lives. May our hearts be turned towards you with our countenance not covered in shame but in the boldness of the forgiveness of our sins and the assurance of your loving-kindness. In your goodness Lord, remember us in Jesus name. Amen.