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Once the holiday period is over and we start back to work the daily/weekly
routine carries us ever onward and we don’t notice the passage of time. The
things that we planned to do, and to which we set a deadline for completion,
are suddenly upon us – incomplete and pressing! The promises we made we realize
we haven’t kept. Where has the time gone?
This is a difficulty that relates not just to our home life and our
work life, but also to our spiritual life. Have we thought about what lies
beyond time? As we pass through death into eternity, have we made any preparation
or plan for “what next”? It is one thing to add such things to our resolutions
for the year, but are we really serious about getting right with God and
preparing to meet Him. The Bible bids us all to “prepare to meet thy God”.
Sadly, many people get so caught up in the routines of life that they give it
no thought at all. Perhaps they hope that they will have time later. At the end
of life, perhaps, they’ll have time then to sort things out. Yet in the
Christmas message there is news that God loves us all, that He sent His Son,
Jesus Christ, to die as a sacrifice for sin, and that the Lord Jesus Christ can
be our Saviour today.
Why put off a decision about eternity? Get right with God through a
confession of your sin and faith in His Son. Enjoy His peace in your heart,
whatever 2013 may bring!
