Let Us Be Time-Conscious

We read in Genesis, “So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law who were to marry his daughters, ‘Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city” (19:14-19). But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city”. But he lingered, so the men seized him and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out, and they said,’ Escape for your life’. And Lot said to them, ‘Oh, no, my lords. Behold your servant has found favour in your sight, and you have shown great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills lest the disaster overtake me and I die.’

What we learn from all this is that Lot was warned to escape because the city was going to be destroyed, but he did things slowly, wasting time, until he was brought out by the angels themselves.

In our life we always plan things well but we waste a lot of time postponing things until the next day, next month, next year, till we lose interest in doing something that would perhaps have been very helpful to other people.

Timely planting always gives greater yields in our fields, as it has been said, “The early bird catches the worm” and “A sluggard’s hand will never win the war”. The word of God has warned us to abstain from sin but still look back: “Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, I have no pleasure in them”(Ecc 12:1).

We keep from going to Ecclesial meetings on Sunday giving reasons that we are doing this and that. Let us do timely things without delay, before it’s too late.

Bro David & Sis Jacklyne Wanjala (Chwele, Kenya)