Time

On this, the last day of the year, we are coerced into thinking about what happened in the last 365 days.  It is as if the next day holds something that we have never experienced before, and we mourn the loss of the days we have lived through.  What makes 2011 so much different than 2010, or 2012?  We don't really know, and yet we are to spend our time today, and the past few days focusing on what we are to do different or better or smarter in order to achieve better results.  We may not participate in these things at all, but it seems that the whole world is focused on this every year. 

I pause to think about something different, and something that I think is much more important.  There is a Being that is unaffected by these things.  2011 or 2012 doesn't mean anything different to Him, and its that perspective that I think people ought to dwell on.  God saw not only the creation as He created it, but saw through the annals of time, through every event, to today, and through tomorrow, and on unto the end.  He orchestrated the beginning, and He orchestrates things today.  Because of this, He doesn't see time the way we do.  We should not dwell on the difference between today and tonmorrow because He doesn't either.  If we are to truly be like Him, we shouldn't dwell on tomorrow at all, rather, we should look at our entire life, and compare to His perfect example in Jesus, and measure up.  Every day we should plan to follow Him or plan to desert Him.  To wait until the end of the year is slothful. 

Please strive to do better than you did yesterday, and know that without God's grace to do so, you will not.  Search for wisdom tomorrow, and try to grow in knowledge in the upcoming year, but know that wisdom is the LORD's, and without his granting it to you, you won't be smarter, more knowledgeable, or more wise.  Long not to be attached to money and possessions, but seek after God.  Know that all men don't seek after Him including you and I, and unless He changes you, you won't even seek after Him if you think you intend to do so.  As Satan destroyed 99% of all Job had, God may permit Satan to do the same to you.  No man can withstand this destruction without God's providence and grace.  This is what you ought to seek today.  Then on January 1st, then January 2nd.  Don't wait until December of 2012 to figure this out.

With His sovereign hand over you, what can stop you today?  Tomorrow?  Next month?  Nothing, but focus on Him, not on the days.  A thousand years is as a day to Him.  We should spend our time thinking about His kingdom and eternity for that is much longer than 2012.