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Waiting Too Long
I recently was made aware of a book with the title: Don't Wait Until You Are
Thirsty To Dig Your Well". The book is about planning for the future and
teaches us a good lesson while doing so. Don't wait to start taking vitamins
and eating right until you need surgery. Don't wait to buy insurance until you
have an accident. Don't wait for your children to grow up before you start teaching
them the important things. Don't wait until retirement age to prepare for retirement.
Most of what we do in life requires a measure of preparation. Students need
to study before the test. Sports teams practice before they get on the playing
field. Doctors learn through internships before they are allowed to practice
medicine. The discipline to prepare is usually too much to deal with, and most
people are not prepared for anything this life brings them.
Don't wait until you get on your death bed before you decide to turn to God.
This last one is a problem for millions of people. They live like there is no
God, and as they realize they are going to die, all of a sudden decide to get
religious. For most, this is too late to start living for God. While a few might
be successful at turning to God late in life, this is not usually the case.
Most people will leave this world with the intention of getting right with God
before it is too late. Since, we do not know when that time will come, most
people are unprepared to meet their God. There is a song we sing that expresses
this thought very well. "Careless soul, why will you linger, wandering
from the fold of God, hear you now the invitation, O prepare to meet thy God".
The chorus of the song goes like this: "Careless soul, O heed the warning,
for your life will soon be gone, Oh how sad to face the judgment, unprepared
to meet thy God".
We can warn people of the danger facing them, but if they have no desire to
live the way God wants, they will not listen. The person who disregards warnings
is in peril, and the warnings concerning the soul need to be heeded more importantly
than anything else. We call people fools who do dumb stuff that is dangerous,
and sadly we laugh when they fall off and get injured or get burned because
of their foolishness (or stupidity).
Do not be like the fool who declares that there is no God. Do not be like the
fool that shuns instruction from the Lord. Do not be like the fool who refuses
discipline.
Let's face it, we all do enough dumb stuff in our lives, that we sometimes realize
how lucky we are to be alive today. Take consideration of your soul, and prepare
to meet your God, now, while you are thinking about it, and can do something
about it. Do not wait until it is too late.
By Carey Scott
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