Last night at midnight, while most of us were sleeping, we entered the last 100 days of 2021. Now, as I sip my coffee and write this, we’re down another 8 hours since then, which means we only have 2,392 hours left in the year.
A mere 8,615,352 seconds stand between us and 2022. Want to see that updated in real-time? There’s a website for that.
But there’s a point to that, too. There’s something about watching tine decrease that can actually increase our focus. When we know that our time is limited, we begin to filter out the time wasters. Time becomes a valuable commodity that we want to invest instead of waste.
Ephesians 5:16 instructs is to be careful how we live. In the King James Version, we find the phrase “redeeming the time.” The emphasis is on making the most of the time we have by using it for things that make the most impact.
Like me, you’ve probably got some unfinished 2021 goals. Knowing we’re in the final 100 days can help us focus our energy and efforts toward those. But this is bigger than just a year because all of us are running out of time in this life. From the day we’re born, the clock ticks backwards, and facing the reality of an approaching eternity somewhere can keep us from squandering our years here.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 tells us that God has set eternity in our hearts. Today, let’s live with it on our minds.
