LIFE PREPARATION

 

LIFE PREPARATION

Eccl. 12:1 Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and no longer enjoy living. NLT

Now that I am in the “older” stage of life, I certainly can see the wisdom of this verse. When we are younger, we seldom see the need to establish habits of life that will sustain us when we grow older. In youthful energy we plow ahead with reckless abandonment, striving to get the most out of the moment. We put off until another day the things we know we should be doing for tomorrow. We live as if we will always be in the youthful stage of our lives. But, we do grow older and before we even realize it, our days of opportunity slip away.

We look back upon our lives and often wish that we had not been so foolish. We regret choices we made and life patterns we have established. We begin to realize that life would have been so much different and better had we listened to the counsel of those who had already walked the walk.

It is especially true of our spiritual lives. It is in our youth that we are most likely to turn to the Lord. It is in our youth that we are most likely to establish godly habits that will sustain us and enable us to grow in grace and knowledge of the Lord. It is never too late, but it is a lot harder to draw near to the Lord in our later stages of life than it is in our youth.

Regardless of what stage of life you are in today, seek the Lord now while you can. You can’t reclaim missed opportunities, but you can do something about what is your life now. Don’t let another day or moment go by before you seek the Lord. You will be glad you did.