No More Wasted Time

The voice said, "Cry out!" and he said, "What shall I cry?" "All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flower fades, Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever."

 

Isaiah 40:6-8

 

 

God is speaking to the prophet Isaiah, telling Him to cry out to everyone, telling them that their life in the flesh is like grass—it is very temporary. And that their life can be really lovely sometimes, like a flower in the field.

 

What's the point of all this?

 

God is saying that our bodies, as well as our lives on this earth and all the things that we busy ourselves with, are very temporal—here today, gone tomorrow.

 

So the questions God wants us to deal with here is:

 

What are we doing with the precious moments God has given us?

 

Are we spending the majority of our time on things that, although seemingly so important now, will pass away, and not make any difference at all?

 

Or are we investing our time in the Word of God and doing the things of God, because those are the only things that are eternal and will stand forever?

 

These are good questions and if we stop and think about it, there is no time to waste. It's a time for us to rise up and live deliberately and carefully according to the Word of God and the leading of the Holy Spirit in service to the King!

 

 What is good, beneficial to others and will endure beyond us?

 

Spending time in the Word of God and living according to the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is being about God's business that He has called us to, equipped us for, and is leading us in. That is what will generate a life that will produce much fruit that will last—that's the kind of life we want to live.

 

No more wasted time!