Whether you play or watch sports, you know from experience and observation that the clock determines the play. Take football as an example. In the opening quarters, when there is plenty of time on the clock, you won't ever see a “hail marry pass.” Instead, you see normal running and regular passing plays. However, when the games on the line, and only three seconds remain on the clock, all of a sudden the play changes. Teams start throwing way down the field, hoping for a last-minute touchdown. That's all because the clock determines the play.

In 1 Peter 4:7, Peter writes, “The end of all things is near.” Said another way, “time is running out” or, “Jesus is coming back soon.” Friends, if we truly believe that we are living in the “end times” or in the “last days of earth’s history,” we should let the clock determine how we live our lives. Instead of living our lives primarily for ourselves, Peter encourages us to live our lives dedicated to prayer and by being devoted to others by loving and serving them.

Is Jesus coming back soon? Yes. Thus, may we let the clock determine our lives.

Pastor Evan Davies