Redeem The Time!

 "Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, to it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest." --Ecclesiastes 9:10

I thought about something after watching this compilation video of Mr. Beast giving advice about YouTube:

I commented, in part: "Mr. Beast is to YouTube as Michael Jordan is to basketball." because Michael Jordan is another person like Mr. Beast, someone who finds a craft, and works on that craft with reckless abandon.  Such people end up wildly successful.

Now, this is not a post to encourage being successful, that's just more likely if you work super hard at what you do.  Just don't grind so hard for the reason of money:

"Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom." --Proverbs 23:4

So why should you work super hard at what you do?  Why should you obsess over whatever craft or skill you have chosen?  Well, as Scripture says, you're going to die anyway, so why not go all-in on an effort?  

In addition, you're really working for the Lord:

"And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;" --Colossians 3:23, also see Romans 12:11

Finally, the clock is NOT on your side:

"Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." --Ephesians 5:16

That last point is a little personal, because as a teenager in 2004, before I wrote The Ninth Cloud, I wrote a science-fiction story that I never published, called The Adventures of Bluescreen O'Deff.  It was a time-travel story, but really, it was me fantasizing about an "American Dream" future with a wife and kids.  In the story, all of the main characters are encouraging me, and really, it was all about me.  The last line read, "May the clock be on your side." I have since deleted that story.

So, what am I doing that I'm making a giant effort on?  Well, I've kept up this blog for at least 2 years, so that's something.  I'm still a school custodian, and getting better at my job, so that's something.  I have notes on a book about contentment that I might work on.  I guess my advice to people is, do SOMETHING.  Then keep doing it!  Then do it again!  And again!  And again!  

This is the proof of a Christian's saving faith, their works:

"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works." -- James 2:18

So yeah, DO SOMETHING.  It's just pointless not to.