Make the Most of Every Day

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. (2 Peter 3:3-4)

If you’ve been a Christian for a while, you may have heard for years that Jesus is coming soon or we are in the end of days. There is a tendency among some to become lackadaisical about the things of God because they think Jesus’ return is anything but imminent. Some stop praying, stop living by God’s Word, and start living like the world because they believe they have plenty of time to get right with God. In 2 Peter 3:3-4, Peter prophesied about people who would question the return of the Lord and today it has come to pass. He called them scoffers. To scoff means to sneer, mock, ridicule, deride, or make fun of.

Although many scoff when they hear us say, “Jesus is coming soon,” very few years are left on God’s time clock for the earth as it is. Whether or not the rapture happens in your lifetime, the truth is the time is short. Our lives pass very rapidly. Personally, I look at my grandchildren and I am amazed that it seems like yesterday that I was carrying their parent — my son or daughter—in my arms! The years are passing quickly, and our opportunity to influence the world through prayer is limited. You may live one hundred and twenty years, but you still have a finite number of days to pray and make a difference.

To pray at a higher level, you need to have God’s perspective of time. You need to understand where we are on God’s time clock, see the years on this earth as but a breath, and make the most of every day.

Practical Application

Don’t waste your precious days on this earth! God has work for you to do. He has people that need to hear the Gospel, hearts and bodies that need healing, and families, churches, cities, and nations that need restoration. It all begins with prayer. Every success is a prayer success first. Every failure is a prayer failure.

Ephesians 5:16; Ecclesiastes 3:1