🎚️”Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength and my redeemer”. (Psalms 19:14)🎚️
“Blessed are they that do HIS Commandments, that they may have right to the Tree of Life, and may enter in through the Gates into the City” (Revelation 22:14) ✝️
“HE Has Shortened the Days” (Mark 13:20)
This Scripture expresses the “urgency” of spreading the good news about JESUS CHRIST and HIS message of “Eternal Salvation” before we die or HE comes again, by “Redeeming our remaining Time here upon the Earth” (Ephesians 5:16). We start with our own Family! Don’t be afraid to “plant the seeds and Water”!!. Whether you know it or not, we are all to participate in this labor of Love for JESUS, as well as those who have not figured it out yet. This is what JESUS spoke of in (1 Corinthians 7). JESUS was placed upon the Earth for one reason only, to do the will of HIS FATHER in Heaven, and we have been told to pick up where JESUS left off and do the same.
This becomes clearer in the context of (1 Corinthians 7:29-31) . . . . .
“What I mean is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not consumed by them. For this world in its present form is passing away”. We see it every day.
Because the time is short, Paul says our outlook on earthly things and relationships should change. The Apostle Paul doesn’t mean that a man should divorce his wife, not mourn deceased loved ones, never rejoice, or refuse to interact with the world—the rest of the chapter and other passages of Scripture clearly go against such an interpretation. Rather, Paul is conveying the urgency of telling others about JESUS and the priority of Eternal matters over earthly ones. The point is that we should not allow any worldly attachment to interfere with our duty to the LORD our GOD. Paul punctuates the passage by reinforcing that meaning: “For this world as we know it will soon pass away” (1 Corinthians 7:31). We must be ready to go.
This explains why Paul encouraged believers to Serve the LORD as they are—circumcised or uncircumcised, married, or unmarried, slave or free (1 Corinthians 7:17-21). Our circumstances should not dictate when we’re “ready” to serve JESUS. We can serve HIM as a formal missionary or by sharing the Gospel starting at Home and then at our workplace or even in a bed of affliction. Whatever our situation, we’re to glorify the LORD our GOD and proclaim JESUS CHRIST to the world.
During His public ministry, JESUS conveyed the urgency of following Him: in the Book of (Luke 9:59-60).
He said to another man, “Follow me.” But the man replied, “LORD, first let me go and bury my father.” JESUS said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the Kingdom of GOD.”
Still another said, “I will follow you, LORD; but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.”
JESUS replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the Kingdom of GOD” (Luke 9:62).
JESUS wasn’t being callous in HIS replies to these men. HE was expressing that HIS true followers should prioritize HIS Kingdom. Each believer is tasked with telling others the good news (Matthew 28:18-20), and, as JESUS said to HIS disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few”. Pray you therefore the LORD of the harvest, that HE will send forth laborers into HIS harvest” (Matthew 9:37-38).
True Believers are to be laborers for JESUS CHRIST every day. Each individual life is short, around seventy or eighty years (Psalms 90:10). And this isn’t about keeping a timesheet of evangelism hours that will count toward our salvation—not at all. We become those True Disciples that JESUS seeks, once we place our complete and unwavering faith in HIM, JESUS CHRIST, (John 3:16) (Ephesians 2:8-9), not on the basis of our works, for we are HIS workmanship, created in JESUS to do good works, which GOD has before ordained that we should walk in them and to continue for the love of JESUS CHRIST and others (Matthew 22:36-40) so that it should compel us to share the life-saving truth about JESUS.
No one should stall or procrastinate in his or her service to the LORD. The day and time JESUS will come again are unknown. JESUS exhorted HIS believers to “be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him” (Matthew 24:44). Whether Jesus comes as you’re reading this sentence or five hundred years after you’re gone, the task is to share the good news while you still can. All in the name of JESUS the CHRIST, our LORD and SAVIOUR ✝️✝️
What will our Testimony be as we stand before JESUS CHRIST on our day of Judgement?
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Last Updated on January 31, 2026 by admin