I was preparing to speak this week, when I looked ar the apps on my phone and saw the icon for Snapchat. Snapchat is an image based mobile app that after you take a picture, you may send the photo to another person or a group of people and once they open the photo—the photo will self-destruct in five seconds. Actually, it disappears in anywhere from 3 to 10 seconds depending on how long you set the settings for. But the point is, the receiver only has a very small moment to see the picture before it can never be seen again.
And the bigger point is, you better make that photo count! The person only has 5 seconds to see what you are showing—you have the viewer’s undivided attention for five seconds. Make it count!
The Bible says in James 4:14:
“For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” (Jm 4:14b)
If life is that short, make it count. Don’t leave anything on the table. Also, don’t do anything distract you from what is really important. You only have a short amount of time. We know much about history; but we only know of a small number of people—most of them were leaders of others. But even those leaders were a vapor.
Like a photo from Snapchat, you will one day disappear—sooner than you think; so make it count.
(“Snapchat Logo” by Snapchat, Inc. – https://twitter.com/Snapchat. Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snapchat_Logo.png#/media/File:Snapchat_Logo.png)