Marking Time

Just marking time.
Just counting the days.

It’s the attitude a high school graduate feels in his final weeks of school. Papers are done, tests are finished, and all that’s left is graduation.

Just counting the days until, “it”, the big day arrives.

That’s an okay attitude for a high school senior with only a few days until graduation. But would you hire someone with that attitude on life?

“I’m just marking time until payday, until the weekend. I’m just putting in the days until my next vacation. I’m just waiting on retirement.”

Followers of the Forgiver often fall prey to the same attitude. Often it occurs late in May as we look toward the summer. Sometimes we can find ourselves saying, “I’m just marking time until my summer break”, “When fall get’s here. . . “ , and “After vacation . .” It has become so easy for us just to mark the time during the summer.

The writer of Hebrews said, “Let us run the race set before us.” No marking time in a race. No “just coasting” until the finish. Nope. If you are in a race, you may pace yourself but you are running to win.

So one leader to another, on the edge of another summer season, run hard.

The race is on.