Our Bible verse for today: “For when David had served God’s purposes in his own generation, he fell asleep.” Acts 13:36 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “It’s not over until it’s over.”
Acts 13:36 tells us that King David lived until God was done with Him, and then he died. He didn’t die a day before or a day after – he died when God was done with him. He served God’s purposes in his generation, and then he went to heaven.
This is important for us for a number of reasons. For one thing, God has a purpose and a plan for your life. Second, He Himself determines the number of your days. Third, if you’re still breathing it’s because God isn’t done with you yet. It doesn’t matter how old you are, what the condition of your health is, or what you have or have not accomplished in life up to this point. If you are still alive it’s because God isn’t done with you yet. So each day that you continue to live you should be thinking and praying about what God wants to do in your life now, this day.
Also, every day of life offers a new opportunity to change and to make a fresh start. It’s not at all uncommon to meet someone who came to faith in Jesus late in life, a person who seemed to have wasted many years living far from God and accomplishing no good thing in this world (maybe even doing a lot of damage), but who then comes to faith in Christ, is radically transformed, and then spends the rest of their life making a significant difference for good.
I’m firmly convinced that you cannot determine the full measure of a person’s life until that life has been fully lived. A person might live like the devil for the first 40 years of their life, have a mid-life conversion, and then spend 40 more years making a spectacular difference for good. Or, the best and most productive season of a person’s life might be the last 12 months of their life.
You cannot determine the full measure of a person’s life until that life has been fully lived, and every day that you continue to live is a new opportunity from God to do something meaningful and special.
It’s not over until it’s over. Your life continues to have meaning and purpose right up until your last breath. Regardless of what your life may have been like up to this point, every new day brings with it new opportunities to be the man or woman God wants you to be. Take advantage of your days. Use them well.
Oak Hill Baptist Church