Mark 15_15_16 One Day at a Time (Plus)
“He said to them, ‘Go throughout the whole world and preach the gospel to all people. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.’”
Going into all the world certainly can’t be done in one day, but there will be a final day when that message is preached, and the final sinner will be saved. That’s the day when Jesus returns for those of us who believe on Him as Savior and Lord. What a fantastic experience it would be to be speaking to someone or to a crowd about the Gospel of Jesus Christ when He appears in the sky to take us home.
The Word tells us in Matthew 16:31-34 to “Live one day at a time.” There is a saying attributed to Jimmy Evans, a noted Christian author and evangelist: “Plan as though Jesus is not returning for a hundred years and live as though Jesus is returning today.” Martin Luther is quoted as saying, “Preach [and live] as if Jesus was crucified yesterday, rose from the dead today, and is returning tomorrow.” That’s good advice, and the part that says “as if Jesus were returning today [or tomorrow]” certainly speaks to living one day at a time.
We have to plan past today because today may not be the last day, and if it isn’t, we have more opportunities to spread the Gospel, and those who haven’t yet accepted Christ as Savior will have another opportunity to do so. Spreading the Gospel is the most important job we have, but it is not the only important job we have here. As long as we remain on earth, there are people who need our help in everyday life, who need a ride to the doctor or money for food for the family or someone to mow the lawn. We may be the only Jesus some people see, so we must share His love and represent Him well every day. Let's represent Him well tomorrow and every tomorrow until the day He returns. That's what living one day at a time means.
Jesus tells us in John 13:34,35: “I am giving you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too are to love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love and unselfish concern for one another” (AMP). In other words, “Put legs to the Gospel.” That may well give us opportunity to speak the message of the Gospel.
So live today to the full, and plan for a fruitful future.
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