He was telling of a company getting upset because their delivery was going to be late due to a large snow storm. He thought "where's the compassion?" His driver was on the way, driving in conditions that the people who wanted the product wouldn't drive in, passing snow plows that have drove off the side of the road. But all that mattered was getting the product, JIT. The delivery drivers life didn't matter, the compassion and understanding didn't matter...
I was thinking to myself that I live a lot like that. Just in time. Don't get there too early, don't get there late, but get there... yes, you guessed it! Just in time! That leaves me very rushed and I don't take time to enjoy the journey. This is something I'm not going to soon forget. Society as a whole tends to live... just in time. We don't want things early. We don't want them the day after, we want them now, when we want them... just in time.
But what about those others out there that live with the concept of ...just in time. Oh, I like livin' it up and drinking with my friends. I'll get Jesus.... just in time. Oh I don't really want to quit that habit, I like it! I'll give it up and get Jesus... just in time. When I thought about that, my heart broke. If only they knew what they're missing out on... right now! It broke my heart to think about those who want nothing to do with Jesus now, but will want him... just in time. It is a very good thing that Jesus runs the show, because I would tell them 'sorry'! You didn't want anything to do with me then and it's too late now. How incredibly generous our Savior is.
Of course who knows when... just in time is? Jesus says we know not the day nor the hour, only that the time is near. He will come as a theif in the night, without warning. We will not have time to prepare. None of us are promised tomorrow. Just as the days of Noah, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away.
It scares me to see how deceived people are. How people trust their heats, which is deceitful above all else, rather than command their heart, lead their heart. Even Adam and Eve, living in paradise and in the presence of God, Himself were deceived. How much more so are we be able to be deceived?
I want to show up early. I want to be first in line. I want Jesus now. Not just in time. But, all the time. Forever and always.
1 comment:
Awesome post girlfriend!!! And it reminded me of one of Eric's favorite verses. When you think of people being saved 'just in time' I often wonder how it works. If we're sincere. Look at all the things and the opportunities to serve Him that we miss out on. It's the ones who think they have Jesus but will stop their habits just in time that scare me.
Matthew 7:21-23 (The Message version is my favorite....)
"Knowing the correct password--saying 'Master, Master' for instance--isn't going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience--doing what my Father wills. I can see it now--at the final judgment thousands strutting up to me and saying, 'Master, we preached the message, we bashed the demons, our God-sponsored projects had everyone talking.' And do you know what I am going to say? 'You missed the boat! All you did was use me to make yourselves important. You don't impress me one bit. You're out of here.'
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