We Live Only in the Present
By J. W. Lowe
WE often say we hope to accomplish certain things in the future. Very many are inclined to let the present pass unimproved, and put off a large share of their work for some other time, which they designate as the future. This habit results in many exceedingly fruitless lives. In reality, there is no such thing as future time. Time does not exist until it comes; and when it comes, it is present time. Hence time is either past or present. We have lived in the past, but it was present time to us when we lived it. We are always living in present time; and how long time will be extended to us is uncertain. Therefore we should learn to make the best possible use of to-day, for we have only to-days in which to accomplish that which is ours to perform. If every moment of our time were put to the very best use in the Master's service, what a wonderful amount of good would be accomplished to His glory!