“The older we get, the more we feel we have something to lose.”

A thought by Jonathan Martin, (2013-04-19) from his book, Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think? (p. 24). Tyndale Momentum. Kindle Edition.

I feel that on my self-focus days. But the reality is I have just as much as I ever have. I have this day, no more no less. I may think that I have less time at 66 than I had at 26 but that isn’t always true. There are some 26 year olds who don’t have more days ahead than I have. None of us know how much time we have. The key is today is what I have so I must make use of it. It is God’s gift to me and I shouldn’t waste it on feelings of what I have lost or don’t have. I have what I always have. I have today.

Somehow that sets us free. Life is today and all of its opportunities and privileges. It is God’s personal gift to me. And how I use it my personal gift to Him.

Jesus as a human is a clear example of this. He used each day here on earth to its fullest. He didn’t waste His opportunities because He had a clear purpose for being here. Even as a teenager when His parents found Him in the temple and they were getting after Him, He said, “But I must be about my Father’s business.” He lived each day to its full potential. Maybe that is what He meant when He said, “I came so that you may live life to its fullest.”

The difference of being 26 and being 66 is our perception. Maybe we need to change our perception and see that we are basically one day old. “This is the day the Lord has made. Let us be rejoice and be glad in it.” Let’s not lose the opportunity of today. It is the only day we really have. The only day we truly have here. The truth is as a Christian I will live forever after He’s done with me here.

So we live today to its fullest and we will receive our reward over there. Yes I have lived 66+ years but today is the only day I am really living.

So how are you going to live it?

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