2 Peter 1:13 KJV
Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
None of us know how long we will be "in this tabernacle." Though Peter was in a position which led him to believe his life on this planet would soon be taken from him, none of us know for sure we have tomorrow. My son, Caleb, witnessed to a man just a few months ago who said that he was only 25 and had years before he needed to concern himself with eternal things. He was at work just last week when a dump truck driver had a heart attack and ran over the young man, killing him. So while we are "in this tabernacle" we need to make every moment count.
Peter said that for him, he felt like the best thing he could do with his time "in this tabernacle" was to put men and women in remembrance of spiritual truths so that when he "put off this ... tabernacle" they would still remember those spiritual truths he gave them.
As a Christian the best way I may use my time is to go over and over the things in the Word of God with those God has given me influence over so that, even after I am no longer present to influence, the truths will forever stay with them.
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