Just A Minute?

It has been queried, “Why is it that a minute contains 60 seconds except when it is preceded by ‘Just a’?” [source: calendar quote]

I’m sure we have all heard someone tell us “I’ll be there in just a minute” or “I’ll get to it in just a minute” only to find the minute to which they referred was not a literal minute. Perhaps we have simply come to accept this to be the reality when such words are spoken. However, when it comes to TIME, the long or short of it seems to be relative to what we are either presently doing or what we are anticipating to take place. As we reflect on today being the last day of the year, for some the year may have passed slowly due to things they have endured while for others it may have appeared to fly by too quickly.

TIME is relative. For a child, a five minute timeout is an eternity while eight hours at an amusement park is not long enough. Ninety-some years is old for humanity, but young for a tree. The minutes, hours, days, months, years, all pass differently from individual to individual. Besides all this, just as TIME is not always viewed alike by us, God’s perspective is much different from ours as well. The One Who is not bound by TIME has His own perspective of it and own timetable on which His plans and purposes are based.

In a prayer of Moses recorded in the Psalms we read…
“For A THOUSAND YEARS in your sight are but AS YESTERDAY when it is past, or as , a watch in the night.” ( Psalm 90:4 ESV)

Peter also pointed out…
“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord ONE DAY IS AS A THOUSAND YEARS, and A THOUSAND YEARS AS ONE DAY.” ( 2 Peter 3:8 ESV)

TIME is something to us, but nothing to God! When we compare our earthly lifespan to our eternal Lord, we will recognize how life here truly is “JUST A” mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ( James 4:14) And, like Paul, we can begin to look at the challenges of life as being “slight” and “momentary” compared to the “eternal” glory that is to come. ( 2 Corinthians 4:17)

As we prepare to move from one year to the next, let us simply continue to accept life in the daily doses God brings it. TIME here in reality is short. May we trust in His timing while making the most of the short TIME we have here by seeking to do His Will. Soon the years here will seem as nothing compared to the glorious eternity God has prepared to bring us into.

Have a great day MEASURING LIFE BY GOD’S MEASURE!
Carl

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