Time Will Tell
by Stefan Racz

I was born in Romania.  My parents cared for me and wanted me to have a good life.  And to make sure that I would grow up with good character, they encouraged me to attend church.  My grandparents were working in a Catholic Church, so I started to attend that church learning to become an altar boy.  My parents taught that it was good for me, because earlier that year I had a very bad dream about death.  So church seemed the right choice for me.  I defected out from that country into the former Yugoslavia, where I met the Lord Jesus.  Testing out, for I had not had that kind of experience before; I gave my life to Him.  After years living in the United States, I went with some people back to Romania, to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ to others in that country.  Everything went good; many people found the Lord, because the pastor’s preaching who went with me there. Only something happened, which I will regret the rest of my life.

This pastor wanted to help my parents to hear about the Lord Jesus in a different way, other then they did in the Catholic Church.  He approached me asking to be the interpreter for him, so that my parents would have the chance to hear him correctly.  My mind went back to the time when I heard them talking about their beliefs in that denomination.  I have made part of that belief also, growing up.  Because of the knowledge of that experience, still alive in my mind, I was certain that it could cause conflict between the two denominations.  The simple fact is that it scared me, so I turned to the Baptist preacher and refused to have that talk with my parents.  I managed to convince him about the possible outcome of that idea.  He finally accepted this fact from me having a servant's heart, he just wanted to be sure about my parents’ salvation.

I was not sure that my father knew the truth, but I still let fear control my decision.  Three years later, I received the astonishing news that he passed on from this life.  It shocked me!  He was my best friend and I loved him very much.  We talked on a phone regularly and the idea to not be sure about his place in eternity troubles me very much.  I am pondering many times about that mistake of mine.  Now it is too late to change it.  If I had known that his life was short after my visit with him, I would have acted differently.

During our lifetime we make many choices.  Some of them are little ones, which will not cause hurt for the future, but some of them are major decisions, important steps.  If our hearts fails us, later will be too late to even think about it.  The magnitude of that sorrow could it be too great.  After death, there is an eternal life for every human being and only we are responsible, by our convictions and decisions, where that life will take us.  Hell or Heaven.  Once we step through that final doorway there will be a road on which we have to walk after the choice we made for ourselves in our lifetime on this earth.  Time is never too long or enough.  A lot of times it appears to be sufficient for everything we want to accomplish in our life journey, but it will sneak upon us suddenly.  We have no knowledge of the length of time.  When it is over, then it is over.  The curtain has been pulled down; the door has been shut behind us.  Jesus declared in the Bible that when He opens the door nobody could close it.  And when He closes the door, nobody can open it.  Time cannot be reversed. It is over.

In the Bible there is a story told by the Lord Jesus Christ, about a man who became rich through his work.  This man began to make plans for the future, just like many of us in our time.  He was a good steward, thinking for the future, only forgetting the time.  Everything was working for him finally in his life.  All things came together for him except the most important one.  He was busy with his finances, forgetting his destination into eternity.  He did count the times.  The most important time is eternity.  Never ending time.  As a matter of fact time there has no meaning any longer.  Until then, our atmosphere has limited time frame and it is different for each of us.  Everybody receives a portion of time, but we are never told how long that will be.  We were guaranteed only one day from the time frame and that is called “Today”.  Tomorrow may never come.  Nobody can have the assurance of tomorrow.  We only have the present time and today is the time for a decision.

Luke 12:18-20  And he said, this will I do.  I will pull down my barns, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.  And I will say to soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease; eat, drink, and be merry.  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?

Time is a friend, which could let us down when we need it the most.  Counting the time is always smart.  Looking back and feeling sorrow for the time that is past is not.  Time is too short!  A little, but important decision could be too late!  God gave each individual the choice to choose Life or Death.  Everybody is urged to make that choice “Today”.  Put value on the time still left for you and make a smart decision for eternity.  You are loved! You are valuable! Precious in His eyes; a sweet savor in His Son. God bless you!

Stefan Racz

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