Is Time Just Slipping Away?

Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me”

– John 7:33

The older I get the more time seems to fly and that time seems to be slipping away. What I thought was important ten years ago no longer seems important to me today. These days I find myself with an overwhelming urge to share the gospel with everyone I meet. Just last week I was asking a friend at work if they knew what would happen to them after they died. I was trying to get him to think of spiritual things. Life is short. Our lives are but a vapor, as James wrote (James 4:14). I wonder if James knew that he would be among the first to die for his faith.

What keeps me from witnessing to others more frequently? Is it my fear of rejection, fear of ridicule or just a fear of man in general? How ashamed I feel at times when I cower with fear and choose not to share my faith with the person in the grocery line, on the street or at work. I may never get another chance with this person I see today. Do I fear man more than I fear God? Sadly, I fear man all too often.

Since no one knows if they will live beyond tomorrow, I have prayed to God for boldness to tell others about the saving grace that is found only in Jesus Christ. The world is passing away. I have no time to lose. I may never pass this way again.

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Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. – Ephesians 6:19-20