I saw an Instagram post recently where the author was sharing that due to global warming and climate change, the earth could start spinning slower and days could get longer. The most liked comment on the post was questioning whether days were actually getting longer and I had to agree because even if it’s true, it definitely doesn’t feel like it.
I know we joke about it all the time but one moment it’s Saturday and the next thing you know it, it’s Monday and vice versa. The truth of the matter remains, time is running. Running to where you may ask? If I could guess, I would say time is running into eternity because no one can tell me they’re not shocked that we are three months into the ‘new’ year already. Today, it’s March 2025, tomorrow it’s April 2100 and AI robots have become presidents and senators across the world. I digress.
Time is running. Are you running along or are you falling behind? I know some days the answer may be mixed because life tends to throw curveballs but as much as you can and as often as you can, don’t let time outrun you. Another post I saw talked about how we would go to work, come back, watch Netflix, agonise over what to eat for dinner and start the process all over again the very next day. The post ended with asking if that is all life had to offer.
The answer is yes. For some people anyways, it doesn’t have to be for you. Last year, I realised that I was spending so much time online after work. The rationalisation being that I had spent all day working so I needed to relax but when I began to get convicted by the Holy Spirit, I had to ask myself hard questions. About 4 hours of my life everyday that I’m using to help Mark Zuckerberg build his empire for his children while me I’m whiling away. Something needed to change. I’ll be honest, I still find myself struggling and wanting to spend all day on social media and watching movies. But to what end? Life will eventually pass me by and I’ll have no one to blame but myself.
Time is running and it is taking life along with it. Some days I cannot believe how old I am but the truth remains I’m getting older and even if I do it imperfectly, I refuse to let my life not count for something.
Talking about counting for something, a thought that’s been turning in my mind lately is about the first woman, Eve. The Bible talks about God bringing her to Adam (Gen 2:22) and that presupposes that they were both coming from somewhere else. I know the themes we explore in this passage are usually couple-focused but it just occurred to me that Eve and God had their own relationship. While Adam was still rousing from his deep sleep, Eve would’ve been communicating with God and just enjoying His presence. I think that’s pretty cool. Eve always gets a bad rep so it’s nice to think about her in a new light. She knew God first before He brought her Adam (her husband). May this be true for all my ladies reading this.
Finally, in a TikTok video, the creator was sharing that he now understands why many people his parents warned him about when he was younger because they didn’t amount to anything turned out that way. In his words ‘it’s hard to amount to something.’ It’s hard because it’s hard work but it is also rewarding work. Don’t relent, seek God’s face for His grace, strength, and wisdom as you earnestly desire and pursue the life He has ordained for you from the very foundations of the world.
A song that’s been ringing in my head recently: Lens of the Cross by PNI and Chinedu Ndubueze
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