I’ve Already Looked Into It For Myself

“Don't you ever wish you could go back...with all the knowledge you have now?” –Uncle Rico

Time travel is a favorite dream of many. Most of us have some event in life that we would like to go back and change. If we could just stop ourselves from making that one mistake, that one bad investment, that one wrong turn, everything could be different. We like to think about going back and correcting mistakes or giving ourselves wise advice as a passerby so that our lives now could be better than they are.

In His wisdom God has caused us to live only in the present. We live each day as it comes without the ability to change what has been before. We cannot change what is past, and we cannot control the future, we can only choose what will be today. And today is enough for us (Matt. 6:34). Many times even today proves more challenging than we are willing to overcome.

As much as we might want to, we cannot go back and change what has happened in the past. For this reason Paul advises that we approach each day, each moment, with the wisdom of God’s Word in mind:

“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” -Ephesians 5:15–17 (NASB95)

As the moments pass, we write our history. Are you making the most of your moments? Do you choose what is wise, that which is according to the will of the Lord? As you look back on your today, are there regrets in it? If you could travel back in time, what would you change?

Although you cannot change what has passed, you can choose wisely now. You can write a better history starting now. How many days have you lived, regretting what you cannot change? How do you want to spend the rest of them? God’s will is that we live in the present, preparing for the future (2 Pet. 3:10-13). Today you can change tomorrow’s yesterday. Will you make the most of your time today?

^“So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom.” -Psalm 90:12 (NASB95)