Time is slipping away as we keep on slipping away from God
For the last several years I have been writing constantly, almost non-stop. The year of our Lord 2022 has been no exception. I have found there is indeed a great urgency with God to put pen to paper. Such urgency is palpable as I consider how with each passing year the intensity of writing has dramatically spiked. I have no choice but to write, for God demands such an obedient response for lives are at stake for so many people do not know God, or have rejected Him or have for whatever reason or argument or motive, abandoned His love and beauty.
The writing, after all, serves not the purpose to entertain but to inform, warn, equip and address the perils of our times. Time is slipping away to get our house in order with God, and now is the time to do so. Now, not tomorrow. There is a quickening with God it seems to get things done because time is running over and it is running out faster than we think. There is much to say about the ‘quickening’ when it comes to God, suffice to say, there is a quickening of the Lord’s end-time movement. Yes, a quickening of His will and purpose within His people. We do not know when God is coming, but He is on His way. That is a guarantee. The end of days will unfold, in accordance with God’s time and plan. Yet, while times slip away, mankind is sleeping deeper into darkness. This is partly because of the intensified efforts of the devil and his cohorts, but also because the church is in an icy grip of apostasy that continues to shake it to its core.
Slipping. This is the word God shows when it comes to the condition of mankind. To slip is to lose our foothold. It is also to pass or change to a lower, worse, or different condition. We are slipping deeper into the muck of our depravity, carnality, immorality and pride. So many people are lost and left confused and dazed as darkness swirls around them. We have become so preoccupied with the tangible and with our lives that we have lost sight of God’s Kingdom and eternal joy. Now is the time more than ever to seek God, for the sands in the hourglass is nearly gone. God is a Lord of grace and mercy, yes full of love and beauty, yet how long shall we not heed Him? Time is slipping by, yet throughout the world, mankind continues doing as they see fit as if there nothing is wrong. God is warning mankind they are on a collision course with Him, yet we keep on ignoring Him as we choose to set sail in our lopsided boats proudly hewn and forged by our intellect and toil.
We do not know when God comes or when the end will finally be proclaimed, but time is running out. It may be another 10 years, or 20, or even 50. It might be now, or tomorrow. This is not a game. This is about life and death. It is about eternal salvation or damnation. Yet the world is fast asleep, ignoring the warning signs, playing at being gods, lost in the fantasy world of power and magic as we marvel at being captains of our own ships. Matthew 24 says, “37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.”
Time is running out to get our houses in order. Fool’s gold will soon lose its lustre. All the fame and glory will fade in the light of god’s majesty. It is indeed all vanity. If we continue to ignore the Lord, we shall keep on slipping, yet if we heed His call, we shall find a mighty hand outstretched to pull us free from the quicksand and the danger.
Time is running out, yet God remains the Light to guide us home and to a refuge of joy and love. 2 Samuel 22 declares, “37 You enlarged my path under me; so my feet did not slip,” and also “Job 12:5 A lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease; It is made ready for those whose feet slip.” David writes in “Psalm 40: 1 I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. 2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my steps. 3 He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.”
St. Augustine of Hippo once said: “A Christian should be an Alleluia from head to foot”. More than ever the true believers of the Lord need to stand up, be counted and let their light shine to help those who are slipping. Only in God is our footing secure and we are settled on the eternal Rock. If our lives are not built upon Him, all shall crumble into dust. All is vanity, and all the fortune will wash away with the tides of the ocean. All that shall remain is God and those who loved Him above the pleasures and gratifications of a selfish world. God remains the only answer, hope and strength of a dying world hell-bent on self-destruction.
Time is running out. Shall we listen? Shall we take note? Shall we take action? John 3:16 remains an eternal promise for all who seek God: “16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
