Seize The Day!
A few years ago I attended a time share holiday unit presentation. The operators provided prizes, a sumptuous afternoon tea and a personal guided tour of the resort. At the end they made me an offer they didn’t think I could refuse. When I refused they made me a better offer. They kept improving the package until their “final offer” came with the line, “You must accept this and sign today”. I asked that if I walked away but came back tomorrow morning with the full payment in cash whether the deal would be off? Their reply was that the offer was for today only!
I walked and never went back. I still wonder if they would have turned me away the next day. God’s people of the Old Testament had the opportunity to enter the promised land. It was a one day only offer. They procrastinated and a whole generation wandered the desert for 40 years and missed out on receiving the fulfillment of God’s promises.
Sometimes God gives us great opportunities to minister into people’s lives. Let’s be a people who “SEIZE THE DAY”. Steve Irwin probably expected to be around for many more years but life is fragile. We never know when an opportunity will be someone’s last opportunity to accept Christ before their end.
Stephen Semenchuk