The Day Is at Hand

     I once read about a sundial on which was inscribed the cryptic message, ''It is later than you think.'' Travelers would often pause to meditate on the meaning of that phrase.  Its author undoubtedly wanted to remind others of the shortness of the uncertainty of life.
     We Christians have a sundial-the Word of God. From Genesis to Revelation it bears its warning: ''It is later than you think.''  Writing the the Christians of his day Paul said, ''It is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. The night is almost gone, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light'' (Rom. 13:11-12, NASB)
     Learn to live each day as if it were your last. Some day it will be.