Seize the day 

‘Making the most of every opportunity.’ Ephesians 5:16 NIV 

There’s no ‘magic age’ at which excellence emerges or quality suddenly appears. With God, you’re never too young and never too old! Thomas Jefferson was 33 when he drafted the US Declaration of Independence. Charles Dickens was 24 when he began The Pickwick Papers and 25 when he wrote Oliver Twist. Newton was 24 when he formulated the law of gravity. But if you think ‘movers and shakers’ can be found only amongst the young, think again: Verdi was 80 when he produced Falstaff. Goethe was 80 when he completed Faust. Tennyson was 80 when he wrote Crossing the Bar. Michelangelo was doing his best work at 87. And how about Noah? He was aged 500 when he preached his first sermon and over 600 when he came out of the ark and helped start the world all over again. Seize the day! Redeem the ‘now’ moments of your life! The time or the age you’re waiting for may never arrive! James writes, ‘a word for you who brashly announce, “Today – at the latest, tomorrow – we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money.” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, “If the Master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.”’ (James 4:13-15 MSG). The once past will never return. So do it now! 

Prayer Point:

Help me, Lord, to realise the potential opportunities of today, and tell me, Lord, what would You have me do today? What should I put my energy towards? Show me, Lord, the matters of the kingdom, that I could see what Your hand is touching so I can truly rejoice in what You are leading me to do for You. Lord, help me seize hold of all You have for my life. Amen.