Job 7:6 – “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle.”

Men have always had a love affair with speed. The faster they can go–first with horses, then with cars and now with space shuttles–the happier they are. Speed has increased to the point where we have moved from measuring events by the calendar (years, months, weeks) to often measuring them in nanoseconds (one billionth of a second) to reflect how fast things are moving. And what’s more, each increase in speed is usually greeted with enthusiasm.

But that was not the case with Job. He bemoaned a speed that most of us are not too thrilled about–the speed with which the days of our lives go by. The fastest object Job had to compare his life to was the shuttle used by a weaver to create a piece of cloth. A skilled weaver could sling the shuttle back and forth at eye-blurring speed. Job’s lament was that his days seemed to be going by as quickly as the weaver’s shuttle.

The longer we live, the faster our days do seem to go by. Even though 24 hours is still the same, the events of our lives begin to stack up quickly on the history side. At the same time, the future side gets shorter and shorter, and the events of life seem to come more rapidly. This should motivate us to make sure that we diligently invest our time more wisely. As the days speed by like a weaver’s shuttle, make sure you accomplish each day what the Lord wants you to do.

If you are putting things off until “someday,” stop procrastinating. Do them now. Someday will be here and gone before you know it. The days of your life are being played out as rapidly as the fast-moving weaver’s shuttle. Someday the shuttle will be stilled. Don’t be caught with work for the Lord left undone.

MAKE SURE WHEN THE CLOTH OF YOUR LIFE IS FINISHED THAT NO THREADS ARE MISSING.

Woodrow Kroll
www.backtothebible.in