Where Did The Time Go?

“The life expectancy for the average woman in the United States is 81 years and 2 months. For men, it’s 76 years and 5 months. These are the most recent estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Just subtract your current age from those numbers for a rough estimate of how many years you have left.”*

How many years left? Sobering thought, isn’t it? Especially for those who are closer to the end than the beginning. Do you remember when you were younger? How you couldn’t wait to get older? Years seemed to slowly drag by when you wanted to be old enough to drive, to get married, to get a good paying job, etc.. But now that you are older, the yearly pace seems to have picked up. A minute is still sixty seconds long. But you could swear time goes by much quicker. The years past on your timeline now outnumber the years left. Where did the time go?

As we contemplate these things, remember that we are more than a statistic. If you are a believer, you know that the passage of time is not as important as how you pass the time you have left. Like Moses, we should number our days, not so much to determine how many we have left but to use them to learn to live wisely before God (Psalm 90:12). Rather than being concerned with how many opportunities we have left, we should make the most of every opportunity we have been given (Ephesians 5:15-16; Colossians 4:5). Even when it appears that statistically we have time left, we don’t boast about tomorrow because we don’t know what tomorrow may bring (Proverbs 27:1).

Don’t live in the past or the future. Live in the present. A Christian isn’t limited by their earthly timeline. “The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever” (1 John 2:17).

God loves you!

Mike

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