The Miracle Of One More Day

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The following post is from a dear Brother in Christ from the East Coast. Recently, he stood with his good friend in prayer, praying for his friend's mother who was diagnosed with cancer.

This dear mother, a believer, eventually passed away, but the experience left a marked impression upon my dear Brother in Christ from the East Coast. Some of those impressions have been recorded by him in this post, entitled "The Miracle Of One More Day."

Be blessed, my dear friends.

One of the greatest pearls in life is knowing that you have no promise of tomorrow. You only have today – the miracle of one more day.

It is only by God's grace we are blissfully ignorant when our day will come - when we pass from this life into the next. It is only by God's grace we have this precious gift called time. I was reminded of this fact when a close friend recently lost his mom to cancer.

We went to war as brothers, fighting the good fight in prayer, believing by faith for a miracle but in the end the Lord wanted her to come home. There is no doubt my friend's mom died with the most precious relationship of all - with Jesus himself. Everything else flowed from that and it is because of that blessed assurance my brother could celebrate a life that was lived to its fullest.

You see, my friend's mom understood the miracle of one more day, not because of her cancer, but because of the amazing love in heart.

There are times and events in life when we've had our close calls and for a moment, an instant, or perhaps a season, we understand and appreciate the perspective the Lord has given us. Then, in time, in the natural, in the "fleshiness" of our lives, we again allow the "spirit of busyness" to overtake our eternal perspective.

But I believe there can be a defining moment in life, a personal resolve that says, "I have the miracle of one more day…Lord, I give you this day…I surrender everything I have to you. I give you my life for this one day…take my life and do with it what you will…not my will but your will."

It is the absolute ultimate surrender of your life that says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. It is the radical idea that says "I love you Jesus…I am totally yours…yours and yours alone, no matter the cost." It is the clear understanding that you have no promise of tomorrow. You only have today – the miracle of one more day.

You see, our spiritual urgency is not born of activity of doing things that do not produce fruit, but born of the realization that every thing I do is measured against the light of eternity.

Think about that….what if we were to live for Jesus, each day, like it was our last day on earth? What if we were to measure life, events, time, situations, and relationships against the litmus test of eternity? What if there was a sense of urgency each day that said, I live for Jesus and Jesus alone. Can I honestly say that I have lived my life in light of eternity? Do I have the Christ confidence to stand before God and hear, "Well done, my good and faithful servant…"?

My friend's mom understood that she had no promise of tomorrow…she understood the miracle of one more day.

Will we do the same?