The night is coming

Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. – John 9.3-4

There are certain little snippets of scripture that just don’t need a whole lot of explanation. This is one of those passages.

Jesus knew that His earthly ministry was coming to an end. The healing of the blind man happens about six months before Jesus’ crucifixion. We saw yesterday that the healing of this blind man was so that the mighty work of God might be seen.

It is the next little part that catches my eye though – ‘I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day, the night is coming when no man can work.’

Jesus stresses the importance of doing the work while there is still time. He knew that He only had a few months left to do whatever He could do on earth, then that aspect of Him ministry would be over.

We don’t know how long we have. We might have decades and we might have seconds. But the night is certainly coming when we will no longer be able to do the work we have been sent to do.

I don’t know about you, but I find that terribly convicting. God has commissioned us to be His witnesses and to share His good news of salvation to the world around us. We only have a limited about of time to do. The night is coming when we won’t be able to do that work.

What are we doing about it today?