-In a Second-

In a second you could decide to read this or not. Of course, there are a lot more earth shattering things that can happen in a second. In a second: a pass can be intercepted & a game lost or won; a foul turns a game around; a basket is made to win a championship. In a second: the words “Will you marry me?” will change your life. Of course, “I Do” even more so. In a second you can mark an answer that could make or break a grade. In a second you can pull a lever & cast a ballot that will change an election. A button is pushed & a bomb detonated.

In a second several different lives were recently ended as they crossed the yellow line & went into eternity. A young man & woman followed the heat of passion & changed their lives & the course of their families. Marriages ended in a stroke of a pen. Actions took place that stole years of lives. A gavel slammed & the sentence was set.

In my life I have had many ‘second’ decisions or actions that set things in motion for years. As a boy, in a second, I turned around & caught a brick in the head that began debilitating migraines for the next 8 years. A pistol went off & a bullet went into the side of my leg. (A second later & it would have shattered my femur.) I slowly pulled my car into a daycare parking lot, scanning to assure no children were running into traffic. Had I waited one more second I would have seen the car speeding round the corner that hit me head on.

Along with those difficult ‘seconds’ that happened in my life, there have been some wonderful seconds. “Will you marry me?” A seeming eternity later, ‘Yes.’ Of course, “I Do’ has lasted almost 25 years now. The second it took to sign the adoption papers has changed our families’ lives. Months of questions ended the second it took to surrender my life to Christ. Eternity began.

All of these actions took only seconds. The deliberation was mulled over for some time, but the actual decision was in an instant. Our lives are made up of those instants, those blink of an eye times that set life into motion. We make decisions or actions in a second that affect eternity.

“What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever. But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.” I Cor. 15:50-53 NLT

I urge you to think of the importance & weight of these ‘seconds’ in our lives. In a second, this world as we know it will end. Eternity depends on what you do in a second with Jesus. With surrender comes transformation. Contact me if you have questions about a ‘second’ with Christ. Tell be about the important ‘seconds’ in your life. Love to hear.

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