When the Clock Starts Running Faster

[David]

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. ~ James 4:14

Ever notice when your team is playing and ahead by a lot of points, time seems to go real slow? And the same clock you just can’t wait to see flip on when you are hanging onto a 1-point lead. Now when your team is getting blown out, that clock starts running real fast as if it is just trying to hurry up and quit torturing you. Life is like that. The older you get the faster that clock starts running. You wake up one day and realize those many years you always thought you had all the time in the world are now dwindling away much quicker than you could ever imagine.

It’s not an optical illusion. It’s a change of perspective. When we are young, we think we have all the time in the world. So much time we waste it or never even think about it. We have all the time in the world to get life figured out. Time to chase dreams. Time to make a difference. Time to clean up our messes. Time to make things right with God. But after a while you start to count in years instead of days and you start to see what the Psalmist was talking about in Psalm 90:12. “Teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” God does not give us this charge to number our days so that we will sit around in fear and panic. He gives us this charge so we will know to number our days so that we may be about His business with all the wisdom He provides.

God’s speed of time is His way of waking us up. When we are young, we always think that we have all the time in the world. But time is never a luxury. Time is always a test. Each and every day is an opportunity. An opportunity to be right with God. An opportunity to love well. An opportunity to serve hard. An opportunity to finish well. We don’t get to choose the time on the clock. We get to choose what we do with the time that we have left on the clock. James said it this way: “For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away” ~James 4:14.

Play like it matters while the clock is still running because it does matter. You are never guaranteed another quarter. You are never guaranteed another season. And you are never guaranteed another tomorrow. Don’t waste your time running around the sideline looking at someone else’s scoreboard. Live out the time you have remaining in such a way that will bring Him glory. The game of life is not won by those who start the game the fastest, but by who finishes faithful.

 

[bobinfaith]

Good morning, David;

As I get older I do reflect on the past and ponder on the future.

What might have been had I gone back to my past, chosen a different path and made the right choices instead of the wrong ones; life would have been better but this is not necessarily true. There would have been other circumstances, wrong decisions and successes that would have occurred in my life.

I didn't have the best academic or work discipline, and would have to go back to college, get trained and work for the next 45 years. YIKES! (I love my retirement.) lol!

The clock has started running faster the older I get and for sure, the most important and best decision I made was when I gave my life to Christ at 9 years of age. My late Mom did the prayer of acceptance and I was saved that one Sunday morning. I accepted Jesus but didn't understand the relationship with Him, the Bible or living the Christian life at that young age, but in our family we believed in the Trinity.

As I have gotten older I do ponder; when it comes to the little children in my family and around me, I have to adjust as they grow up. I can't speak to an 18 year old as if they're still 8 years old. But the older I get the children still look like the little children.

Psalm 77 bring me to my senses regarding the events in my life, both past and present.

Psalm 77, 1 I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me. 2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. 3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah 4You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak. 5I considered the days of old, the years long in the past. 6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered: 7“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? 8Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? 9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah 10So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.” 11I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old. 12I will reflect on all You have done and ponder Your mighty deeds. 13Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God? 14You are the God who works wonders; You display Your strength among the peoples. 15With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah 16The waters saw You, O God; the waters saw You and swirled; even the depths were shaken. 17The clouds poured down water; the skies resounded with thunder; Your arrows flashed back and forth. 18Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked. 19Your path led through the sea, Your way through the mighty waters, But Your footprints were not to be found. 20You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. - BSB

At 67 and 68, the things that didn't matter in our past mean more to us today. We share the Gospel (very simple to unbelievers) and minister (encourage) others from this side of life. For years we were the Christian babes being mentored and ministered to. Now we're regarded as the seniors to our immediate family, community and Church family.

Hazel and I may live another 20 - 25 years, God willing. We maintain the challenges of our physical health but find ourselves happier and content. We use to vision Heaven like CandyLand but are now relieved knowing we are promised Eternity and He will guide us in the daily walk of obedience.

bobinfaith

 

[David]

Gritty Christian Country song with a raw, reflective tone that leans on real life experience. The lyrics draw from Scripture to show how time slips by faster as we age and how God calls us to live wisely while the clock is still running. The mood is rugged, honest, and heartfelt, mixing country storytelling with clear biblical truth like ~James 4:14 and ~Psalm 90:12. The message is simple: life is short, so finish faithful. From: truegritgospel.com




GRITTY CHRISTIAN COUNTRY
“When the Clock Starts Running Faster”

Verse 1
I used to think I had forever
Like the sunrise would slow for me
Chasin dreams like wide open highways
Livin wild and runnin free
But the years rolled on like a freight train
And the mirror tells the truth real loud
Life’s a mist in the morning sunlight
Here a moment then it’s gone somehow
James said life is just a vapor ~James 4:14
Now I feel that verse hit deep

Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the scoreboard starts to fade
You learn to number every heartbeat
Like the Psalmist said ~Psalm 90:12
Every day is God’s own mercy
Every breath a chance to choose
To walk with Him with sober wisdom
Before your time on earth is through

Verse 2
When you’re young time crawls like molasses
But it sprints when the hair turns gray
You wake up countin years not moments
And you feel the truth you used to delay
We keep thinkin we have forever
To fix the messes we made inside
But time is not a warm invitation
It is a test that God designed
He calls us now to walk with purpose
While the sun is still above

Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the scoreboard starts to fade
You learn to number every heartbeat
Like the Psalmist said ~Psalm 90:12
Every day is God’s own mercy
Every breath a chance to choose
To walk with Him with sober wisdom
Before your time on earth is through

Bridge
We are not promised one more quarter
Not another season’s start
So I lay my pride down at His altar
And give the Lord my weary heart
Gonna love well and serve harder
Gonna run like the finish is near
Gonna keep my eyes on Jesus
Till the final whistle clears

Final Chorus
When the clock starts runnin faster
And the nights cut cold and thin
I will stand in the grace He gave me
And finish faithful to the end
Every step is God’s own kindness
Every breath is grace on loan
Life is short but Christ is forever
He will carry His children home