Day 20: Close and still not Late

"Then he said to Jesus, 'Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom.'" And Jesus said, "Assuredly, I say unto you, today you will be with me in paradise." - Luke 23: 42-43

I blessed yesterday to preach "Men's Day" at Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church in Brooklyn. The sermon God gave to me, brought me to this text. Even though that worship experience is now behind, I still find myself meditating on this text from a different perspective.

Sometimes in our life, we think it is too late, that we have done too much wrong that God can't even fix the mess we have created. This text reminds me (and I hope all of us) that it isn't too late as long as you are still breathing. The criminal on the cross was close to death, but ti wasn't too late for him to still speak to God. Some of us think that it is too late to speak to God. This just is not true, accurate or Godly. If you can inhale and exhale, there is still time to speak to God; still time to praise Him for who God is!

At any time, any one of us may be close to giving up, but it still isn't too late to trust God for your deliverance and your breakthrough. If God could save someone on the cross, I know God can handle the daily dilemnas of our lives. God remains close and I remember my Grandmother saying to me, "He's an on time God. Oh, yes he is!"