How Many of Your Days Have You Used Up?

Take a few minutes and answer these questions—honestly, of course:

1. What is the purpose of my life? Why am I here?
2. How am I fulfilling that purpose?
3. Am I satisfied with what I have done thus far with the life that God has entrusted to me?
4. If I should die TODAY, what legacy would I leave to my family?
5. If I should die TODAY, would my family be left in financial ruin?
6. If I knew that TODAY would be the end of my life on earth, how would I want to spend that day?
7. If I knew that TODAY would be the end of my life on earth, with whom would I want to spend the day?
8. If I should die TODAY, what loose ends would I be leaving for someone else to tie together?
9. Do I have an up-to-date will (the legal document)?
10. Do I have an annual physical examination?
11. How do I want to spend the rest of my life?
12. What do I regret most about my life?
13. Am I in control of my life, or is my life in control of me?
14. Am I enjoying my life?
15. Am I so focused on living this life that I have lost sight of the real life?

Regardless of what your answers might be, I wonder if you will do anything to change the things that you can change. I wonder if you will accept the fact that you, even you, are not exempt from death. I wonder if you are aware that God ordained your days when yet there was not one of them. Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Thy book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them (Psalms 139:16).

MY PERSPECTIVE: Life is a most precious gift, even the life we live on this earth. Interestingly, God has entrusted life (on this earth) to us for an ordained number of days; the mystery being the number of those days. It, therefore, seems to me that it would behoove each one of us to live every day as if that day would be the very last of that mysterious number; it could well be, you know. And by the way, for those of you who will get “religious” on me and tell me that you can’t wait for that last day to come because things will be so much better for you then, remember this: most of you will leave behind people who love you and will sorely miss your life on this earth. Do not be so self-centered!