II Peter IV
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. (II Peter 3:8 ESV)
Time
What do you do when you have a LOT of something?
Thirty some years ago, while remodeling an attic, I purchased a box of drywall screws. The box was approximately a ten inch cube. In it were a LOT of drywall screws.
Since that time, I have done quite a few legitimate drywall screw projects. i.e. drywall projects.
But because I have so many drywall screws, I use them for much more. Temporary repair jobs involve duct tape and drywall screws. Roughing in small construction projects involve nails and drywall screws. Drywall screws are used to hang pictures, hold up wires, mark spots for later work, and connect two… well, almost anything that needs to be connected.
For me, one drywall screw is as a dozen… and a dozen are as one.
While time can be seen as our most precious commodity, God has infinite time. He does not dole it out in careful bits and pieces. But He gives us our entire lives of time to learn to know Him, to obey Him, and to love Him.
And we will have that same plethora of time, too. When Christians open our eyes in heaven, I wonder how long it will take us to absorb the new fact that we have an infinity of time, instead of three score and ten.
But meanwhile… this idea reminds us that every second has a job. We do not have that drywall screw box of time, yet. Our time is limited. Our time is finite. Our time is measurable (if not by us).
So use time to serve Him. Use those finite moments to know Him, to obey Him, to love Him. Anything else is wasting time.