Next Five Minutes

Do you have one of those songs in your head that you know by heart and sing along with every time you hear it? Do you pay attention to what the words mean? Or have you ever had one of those moments when the words all of a sudden hit you like a brick? Well, this is one of those songs. The first time I heard it, I was hooked. I would repeat it over and over again until I memorized the words. I even knew what the song was saying and knew what the song meant. I hadn't heard the song in several years and while downloading songs onto my iPod, I came across a CD that it was on. Not even listening to it, I loaded it anyway. And then completely forgetting that it was there, it came on while I was listening one day. Here are the words that I heard:

I can reminisce about the already.
I can worry and fret about the not yet.
But when it all comes down, you know it really all comes down to the right now.
So right now...

I'm living the next five minutes, like these are my last five minutes.
'Cause I know the next five minutes may be all I have.
And after the next five minutes, turn into the last five minutes,
I'm taking the next five minutes and starting all over again.

Every morning God is given is precious.
Every heartbeat, every breath I take.
I'll never have them back once they've left us.
There will never be another right now, so right now...

What would you do if you only had 5 more minutes? How would you be living your life if you knew that the Savior of the world was returning in that short amount of time? Would you sing your favorite praise song with your hands raised high? Would Jesus find you reading or reciting your favorite Scripture verses?

God says in James 4:14, "Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away" (NASB). Our time on this earth is limited. Not a single one of us is promised tomorrow. We don't know what the next five minutes hold for our lives. Things can change in a minute, even a second. We never know what the future holds. A very popular line of products came out several years ago asking the question, "What Would Jesus Do?" We need to make sure that we ask ourselves this in everything we do. "Would Jesus be happy with what I'm doing right now if He returned at this very moment?" Now, reading this has taken about 5 minutes, so take your next 5 minutes and start it all over again.