"A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth." - Ecclesiastes 7:1  
 

When I first read this passage that said that the day of one's DEATH is better than one's BIRTH; I couldn't see from my human experience on how this could be possible. This runs counter to our natural way of thinking. For many, death is final, but for the Christian, death has an entirely different meaning.

The Hebrew word used in this passage for "better" is ṭôḇ H2895; which means, glad, pleasant, agreeable, valuable, good understanding, prosperity, happiness and good understanding in a collective way, agreeable to senses, and good understanding. To the Christian, the day of one's death puts to an end all those sufferings, afflictions and miseries of this life; and there is a good understanding in a satisfied complete way the purpose of the life they lived here on earth.   

DEATHBED CONVERSIONS

"There is one single fact which we may oppose to all wit and argument of infidelity, namely, that no man ever repented of being a Christian on his death-bed."

- Hannah More (1745-1833) English Religious Writer and Philanthropist

WITNESS TO DEATH OF DIETRICH BONHOEFFER

At the place of execution, he again said a short prayer and then climbed the steps to the gallows, brave and composed. His death ensued after a few seconds. In almost fifty years that I worked as a doctor, I have hardly ever seen a man die so entirely submissive to the will of God.  

DEPARTING BELIEVERS

"The very happiest persons I have ever met with have been departing believers. The only people for whom I have felt any envy have been dying members of this very church, whose hands I have grasped in their passing away. Almost without exception I have seen in them holy delight and triumph. And in the exceptions to this exceeding joy, I have seen deep peace, exhibited in a calm and deliberate readiness to enter into the presence of their God."

- C. H. Spurgeon - (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher

DYING IS LIFE 

"Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that citizens; on this side orphans, on that side children."  

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar 

THE ONE WHO WAS DYING BLESSED ME  

"Because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them. The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing."  

- Job 29:12-13

GRACE IN THIS LIFE

"It is grace at the beginning, and grace at the end. So that when you and I come to lie upon our death beds, the one thing that should comfort and help and strengthen us there is the thing that helped us in the beginning. Not what we have been, not what we have done, but the Grace of God in Jesus Christ our Lord. The Christian life starts with grace, it must continue with grace, it ends with grace. Grace wondrous grace. By the grace of God, I am what I am. Yet not I, but the Grace of God which was with me."

- Martin Lloyd Jones (1899-1981) Welsh Minister and Medical Doctor

CHRIST NEVER PREACHED ANY FUNERAL  

"Christ never preached any funeral sermon."  

- Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist

EVEN AFTER DYING 

"Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?” 

- John 11:25

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CLOTHED ME WITH GARMENTS OF SALVATION  

"I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."  

- Isaiah 61:10 

CLOTHE YOURSELVES IN CHRIST  

"Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."   

- Colossians 3:12

CLOTH YOURSELVES WITH HUMILITY  

"Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you."

 - 1 Peter 5:5-6 

CLOTHED IN GLADNESS

"You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off [a]my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness."

- Psalm 30:11

DO NOT WORRY WHAT YOU WILL WEAR  

"Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes."  

- Luke 12:22

WOMEN ADORN THEMSELVES IN MODEST APPAREL 

"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array."  

- 1 Timothy 2:9

BEAUTY NOT FROM OUTWARD ADORNMENT  

"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles."  

- 1 Peter 3:3-4

NEITHER SHALL A MAN PUT ON WOMAN'S GARMENTS

"The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God."

- Deuteronomy 22:5

WHO STAYS AWAKE AND KEEPS HIS CLOTHES  

“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”  

- Revelation 16:15

ALL OF OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE AS FILTHY RAGS

"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

- Isaiah 64:6

PUT ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST  

"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires."  

- Romans 13:14 

TAKE NO THOUGHT ABOUT BEING CLOTHED  

"Therefore take no thought, saying, what shall we eat? or, what shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed?"  

- Matthew 6:31-33

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"If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself" - 2 Timothy 2:13
 

IF PROFESSING CHRISTIANS ARE UNFAITHFUL  

"If professing Christians are unfaithful to the authority of their Lord in their capacity as citizens of the State, they cannot expect to be blessed by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost in their capacity as members of the Church."  

- A.A. Hodge

UNFAITHFUL TO GOD AND HIS WORD  

"We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way; but if we turn to the left, generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word."  

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

WHAT IF SOME WERE UNFAITHFUL?  

"What if some were unfaithful? Does their faithlessness nullify the faithfulness of God?"  

- Romans 3:3

BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACTED UNFAITHFULLY   

"Thus, I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord God."  

- Ezekiel 15:8

CHARACTER BEING CORRODED BY UNFAITHFULNESS  

"It is impossible to be our best at the supreme moment if character is corroded and eaten into by daily inconsistency, unfaithfulness, and besetting sin."  

- F.B. Meyer

OUR FATHERS HAVE BEEN UNFAITHFUL  

"For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD and turned their backs."  

- 2 Chronicles 29:6

IF A COUNTRY SINS BY COMMITTING UNFAITHFULNESS   

“Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, destroy its supply of bread, send famine against it and cut off from it both man and beast." 

- Ezekiel 14:13

PEOPLE LIKEWISE WERE EXCEEDINGLY UNFAITHFUL    

"All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the LORD that he had made holy in Jerusalem."  

- 2 Chronicles 36:14

GOD ID FAITHFUL

"No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it."

- 1 Corinthians 10:13

A FAITHFUL CREATOR

"Therefore, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good." 

- 1 Peter 4:19

THOSE WHO ACT FAITHFULLY

"Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight. "

- Proverbs 12:22 

HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE OUR SINS

"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."

 - 1 John 1:9

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"For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.” - 1 Peter 3:12

- 2 Corinthians 4:17

MAN'S WAYS ARE BEFORE THE EYES OF THE LORD  

"For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths."  

- Proverbs 5:21

WHOSE EYES KEEP WATCH ON THE NATIONS    

"Who rules by his might forever, whose eyes keep watch on the nations— let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah"  

- Psalm 66:7

THE ALL-SEEING EYE OF GOD   

"The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery."  

- David Brainard (1718-1747) American Missionary to Native Indians 

WE ARE ETRERNAL IN GOD'S EYES   

"Though we cannot experience our life as an endless present, we are eternal in God's eyes; that is, in our deepest reality."  

-  C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar

HE WILL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYES  

"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”  

- Revelation 21:4

I MADE A COVENANT WITH MY EYES 

“I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?"  

- Job 31:1

THE ROAD FROM THE EYE TO THE HEART  

"There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect."  

- G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) English Writer, Theologian

IMMORTAL FLOWERS UNDER THE EYES OF THE LORD  

"Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord."  

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar 

DO ALL WE CAN UNDER GOD'S EYE  

"As our Father makes many a flower to bloom unseen in the lonely desert, [let us] do all that we can do, as under God's eye, though no other eye ever take note of it."  

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China 

HAVE AN EYE ON GOD IN EVERY WORD YOU SING  

"Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this, attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so, shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he cometh in the clouds of heaven." 

- John Wesley (1703-1791) English Cleric and Minister

HIS EYE IS ALL THE MORE BENT ON YOU  

"Your afflictions may only prove that you are more immediately under the Father's hand. There is no time that the patient is such an object of tender interest to the surgeon, as when he is bleeding beneath his knife. So, you may be sure if you are suffering from the hand of a reconciled God, that His eye is all the more bent on you."  

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

MY EYES WILL BE THERE FOR ALL TIME   

And the LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. 

- 1 Kings 9:3

FAVOR IN THE EYES OF THE LORD   

"But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD."  

- Genesis 6:8

THEN HE TOUCHED THEIR EYES  

 
"Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”  

- Matthew 9:29 

IF YOUR EYE CAUSES YOU TO SIN  

"And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire."  

- Matthew 18:9

AND EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM

"Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen."

- Revelation 1:7

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"All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness." - 2 Timothy 3:16

SPEAKING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

"For David himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The LORD said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet.' 

- Mark 12:36

ENDURANCE INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT

"We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ."

- 1 Thessalonians 1:3

YOU INSPIRE SHOUTS OF JOY

"Those who live at the ends of the earth stand in awe of your wonders. From where the sun rises to where it sets, you inspire shouts of joy." 

- Psalm 65:8

INSPIRED BY ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT

"All these are inspired by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills." 

- 1 Corinthians 12:11

WHEN I AM INSPIRED  

"I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; for when I am angry, I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperament is quickened, my understanding sharpened, and all mundane vexations and temptations depart."  

- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German Priest, Theologian 

WITH JOY INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT

"And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with joy inspired by the Holy Spirit."

- 1 Thessalonians 1:6

INSPIRATION IS A WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT  

"All who are willing to accept the Bible as the Word of God recognize that inspiration is a work of the Holy Spirit and that the Scriptures would have been impossible apart from this supernatural ministry of the Holy Spirit."  

- John Wycliffe (c.1328-1384) English Theologian and Biblical Translator

DISTINQUISH INSPIRATION FROM EMOTION  

"Many saints cannot distinguish inspiration from emotion. Actually these two can be defined readily. Emotion always enters from man's outside, whereas inspiration originates with the Holy Spirit in man's spirit." 

 - Watchman Nee (1903-1972) Chinese Church Leader 

INSPIRE THOSE AREOUND ME WITH FAITH  

"God has no more precious gift to a church or an age than a man who lives as an embodiment of his will and inspires those around him with the faith of what grace can do."  

- Andrew Murray (1794-1866) Scottish Missionary, Writer 

COMMUNION WITH GOD INSPIRES PEACE  

"Ye do well to remember that habitual affectionate communion with God, asking Him for all good which is needed, praising Him for all that is received, and trusting Him for future supplies, prevents anxious cares, inspires peace, calmness and composure, and furnishes a delight surpassing all finite comprehension."  

- James H.  Aughey (1828-1911) Imprisoned American Minister

INSPIRED BY THE HOPE OF HEAVEN  

"The glory of the star, the glory of the sun - we must not lose either in the other. We must not be so full of the hope of heaven that we cannot do our work on the earth; we must not be so lost in the work of the earth that we shall not be inspired by the hope of heaven."  

- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Episcopal Clergyman

OPTIMISM AND THE SOURCE OF INSPIRATION 

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."  

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1900-1945) German Christian Executed by Nazis 

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I WILL GIVE YOU REST  

"Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."  

- Matthew 11:28

THE POWER OF CHRIST REST UPON ME  

"But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me."  

- 2 Corinthians 12:9

THAT A BLESSING MAY REST ON YOUR HOUSE  

"And the first of all the first fruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priests the first of your dough, that a blessing may rest on your house."  

- Ezekiel 44:30

COME TO ME AND REST  

"To every toiling, heavy-laden sinner, Jesus says, Come to me and rest. But there are many toiling, heavy-laden believers, too. For them this same invitation is meant. Note well the words of Jesus, if you are heavy-laden with your service, and do not mistake it. It is not, Go, labor on, as perhaps you imagine. On the contrary, it is stop, turn back, Come to me and rest. Never, never did Christ send a heavy laden one to work; never, never did He send a hungry one, a weary one, a sick or sorrowing one, away on any service. For such the Bible only says, Come, come, come." 

- Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) Missionary to China 

REST ON THE WORD OF GOD  

"You can believe a whole lot of foolish things, but God doesn't want you to do that. He wants your faith to rest upon the Word of God."  

- J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) American Bible Teacher 

REST OUR WEARY SOULS  

"It is not necessary to maintain a conversation when we are in the presence of God. We can come into His presence and rest our weary souls in quiet contemplation of Him. Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him."  

- Ole Hallesby (1879-1961) Norwegian Lutheran Theologian 

HE CONSIDERS OUR EVERLASING REST  

"We are urgent about the body; He is about the soul. We call for present comforts; He considers our everlasting rest. And therefore, when He sends not the very things we ask, He hears us by sending greater than we can ask or think."  

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

COMPLETE REST IN GOD  

"Affliction brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them." 

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

GOD RESTS UPON YOU  

"If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you."  

- 1 Peter 4:14

NO SOUL CAN BE REALLY AT REST   

"No soul can be really at rest until it has given up all dependence on everything else and has been forced to depend on the Lord alone. As long as our expectation is from other things, nothing but disappointment awaits us."  

- Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) American Evangelist and Reformer 

REST TIME IS NOT WASTE TIME  

"Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength... It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less."  

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY   

"So, God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation."  

- Genesis 2:3

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But God said unto him, thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?" - Luke 12:20

DEATH COMES AND BLOWS THEM INTO ETERNITY

A gentleman wishing to convey, together with a gentle reproof, a useful lesson to his gardener who had neglected to prop a valuable fruit-tree, until it was damaged by a high wind, observed, You see, gardener, the danger of putting off from day to day the doing of any necessary work; yet in this way foolish men defer their repentance from one day to another, until in some unexpected moment the wind of death comes, and blows them in Eternity.

- The Treasury of Anecdotes Moral and Religious, William P. Nimmo C.1840

THIS VERY NIGHT YOUR LIFE WILL BE DEMANDED  

“And I’ll say to myself, you have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry. But God said to him, you fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”  

- Luke 12:19-21

IF IT WERE THE LAST HOUR OF MY LIFE  

"Resolved, never to do anything which I would be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life."  

- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) American Revivalist

IN A MOMENT THEY DIE

“In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand."

- Job 34:20 

I SHALL BE IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING SOON  

"I am still in the land of the dying; I shall be in the land of the living soon." (his last words)  

- John Newton (1725-1790) Slave Trader Captain Turned Christian 

EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD   

"And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."  

- Acts 2:21

IMMEDIATLEY THE ANGEL OF THE LORD STRUCK HIM

"And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died."

- Acts 12:23  

NEED NOT FEAR DEATH

“Live in Christ, and the flesh need not fear death.”

-  John Knox (c. 1510-1572) Scottish Clergyman

THE SAYING OF DYING MEN

"You have been used to take notice of the sayings of dying men. This is mine: that a life spent in the service of God, and communion with Him, is the most comfortable and pleasant life that anyone can live in this world."    

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer 

ON HIS DEATHBED

On his deathbed, British preacher Charles Simeon smiled brightly and asked the people gathered in his room, "What do you think especially gives me comfort at this time?"    

When they all remained silent, he exclaimed, "The creation! I ask myself, Did Jehovah create the world or did I? He did! Now if He made the world and all the rolling spheres of the universe, He certainly can take care of me. Into Jesus' hands I can safely commit my spirit!"   

Hudson Taylor, founder of China Inland Mission, in the closing months of his life said to a friend, "I am so weak. I can't read my Bible. I can't even pray. I can only lie still in God's arms like a little child and trust."    

Our Daily Bread, January 1994

FOR I AM CONVINCED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

- Romans 8:38-39

NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME  

“At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you. Behold, now is 'the acceptable time,' behold, now is “the day of salvation."  

- 2 Corinthians 6:2

 WHOEVER WANTS TO SAVE HIS LIFE

"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it."

- Matthew 16:25 

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“We dare not make ourselves of the number or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves; but they that commend themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.” – 2nd Corinthians 10:12

There is story about a watchmaker who lived at the turn of the 1900’s that set up his shop in a small village. This small village was unique in the fact that eighty percent of the men were employed at the local mill. After the watchmaker had opened up his little shop, he noticed that every single day since the opening, a gentleman would come by and pause for a moment, take out his pocket watch, adjust it very carefully by the clock in the window, put it back in his pocket, and then go on his way.

This went on for a period of weeks. Finally, out of curiosity, the watchmaker stopped him one morning and said to him, “I’ve noticed for the last of number of weeks now, you’ve come by, adjusted your watch, and gone on your way.” He continued, “Just out of curiosity, I was just wondering what exactly you do for a living that you pass by my little shop every morning and set your watch to start your day?”

The gentleman explained that he was the foreman down at the mill, and it was his responsibility to blow the whistle at lunch time. He went on to explain why it was so important that he have the correct time each day because not only does the whistle signify that it is time for the men to knock off from work for an hour, but that it was amazing how many people rely on this whistle to set their clocks by.

The watchmaker sort of smiled and chuckled to himself and said, “That’s interesting, ever since I’ve been in this village, I’ve been setting my clock according to your whistle.”

I think people tend to do this spiritually also. We look at others and compare ourselves. We adjust our way of thinking by their way of doing things, and the Bible says that if we do this, we are not wise, “… they that commend themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.” … they that commend themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.”“… they that commend themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.”

Always be mindful that others may be setting their clocks by what they see in your life. God made you a unique individual. Always remember that He views you from Eternal perspective and has a unique plan for your life. Do not be conformed to ways of this world that is passing away. Always make good use of your time and to be mindful of it for you do not know how much time you have. Psalm 90:12 says, “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” This world is racing towards destruction. Do not be conformed to it.  Set your clock to a higher calling in Jesus. the author and finisher of your faith.

WHO CAN ADD A SINGLE HOUR TO HIS LIFE  

"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life?" 

- Matthew 6:27

CANNOT BE SATISFIED WITH THE THINGS OF TIME     

"God has set Eternity in our heart, and man's infinite capacity cannot be filled or satisfied with the things of time and sense."  

- F. B. Meyer (1847-1929) Baptist Pastor and Evangelist  

THAT WHICH DOES NOT COME IN YOUR TIME  

"Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in his time, which is always the more convenient season. God will work when He pleases, how He pleases, and by what means He pleases. He is not bound to keep our time, but He will perform his word, honour our faith, and reward them that diligently seek Him."  

- Matthew Henry (1662-1714) Nonconformist Minister, Writer 

UPON THIS SHORT TIME ETERNITY DEPENDS  

"God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends."   

- Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) Church of England Cleric

IT IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW THE TIMES  

"He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.”  

- Acts 1:7

A TIME FOR EVERY EVENT UNDER HEAVEN  

"There is a season for everything, and a time for every event under heaven:  a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted."  

- Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 

MAKE GOOD IMPROVEMENT OF PRECIOUS TIME  

"Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time."  

- David Brainard (1718-1747) American Missionary to Native Indians 

GOD HAS MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME  

"Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end."  

- Ecclesiastes 3:11  

NO ONE KNOWS THE DAY OR HOUR    

“But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."    

- Matthew 24:36

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