The Time is Now

[313 words] Most of us “know” better than we “do.” And most of us intend better than we perform. But we feel as if time is on our side. We’ll get to it eventually. We’ll begin tomorrow.  Sadly, many of us never “get to it” and tomorrow never comes. Procrastination is still the thief of time. The Bible places a premium on today. Not tomorrow, of which we are warned not to boast (Proverbs 27:1). And not next year, of which we have no certainty (James 4:13-16). But today. Now. “Now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). “But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin” (Hebrews 3:13). Even our Lord, while in the flesh, understood the transient nature of time and thus the urgency of today. He taught, “I…