How much time is remaining? ....
What will you do differently if you know that you have began the count down? In fact each new day brings us closer to the big day that we will meet the Lord. "......I go to prepare a place for you and when I finished I will come and take you so that where I am you may also be,,,,, (Jh. 14::2-3)  This is a promise and He who has promised is faithful.

We are all workers in the Lord's vineyard. ( Mat 20:1-16) some has worked for the whole day but many of us have only worked for few hours, We may have wasted greater part of life doing our own thing until by His mercy,  accepted/responded to his call. The Lord is generous so even the latecomers will also receive the same  just wage, like those who have toiled the whole day, their entire life. God is merciful in opening the doors of his kingdom to all who will enter, both those who have laboured a life-time for him and those of us who have just come at the last hour. While the reward is the same the motive for one's labour can make a difference. Do you work only for the reward or you work for the joy and the opportunity to work and serve others?.....performing your task with cheerfulness and diligence for the sake of the Lord?......

Even though it might have taken you so long to begin purposeful living,  the Lord in his goodness will repay for the years which the locust has eaten (Joel 2:25), that is those wasted years of life.  The Lord in his mercy has saved the 'Best' for the last as in Cana; ( Jh 2:10) therefore we need only to leave all behind, pushing on ahead to what is yet to come. The Lord died to atone for our past so  we need to move on to find our purpose in life, thanking Him for the privilege of living for Him in the present -  today. Therefore if today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts......if today is the last day what will be the new approach?  ..remember the best is yet to come as eyes have not sees and ears have not heard what the Lord has in store for those he has called.

We need to recognize the urgency of the hour,  to start immediately as so much time has been wasted  on frivolous things. Therefore for the remaining of this hour,.... this day......, this week........, this month....., this year........ - the rest of my life......, try to serve the Lord with all my heart and my strength and my soul. It's possible not by own might but in close walk with Him for He gives the necessary grace for the task.