There’s a saying that goes, “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

Procrastination, the act of delaying or postponing something, is not a good trait. It generally results in missed opportunities.

Too often, people have procrastinated when it came to confessing Jesus Christ as Lord, and they have departed this earth, leaving their loved ones in a lurch regarding their outcome as a result.

Not only did they miss out on the blessing of knowing Jesus Christ in this life and living for His glory, but they also left the ones they claimed to love in a position of concern. There’s a comfort in knowing that someone you care about knew Jesus and confessed Him as Lord in this life.

God the Father desires that every knee should bow and every tongue confess Jesus as Lord. At the judgment, there will be no other option but to acknowledge that Jesus is Lord, but then it will be too late for many.

This action can only be of great benefit if it occurs in this life. Only by surrendering to the truth of who Christ is and what He has done and desiring to belong to Him and to know Him can the confession of Jesus as Lord benefit someone.

Those who confess this at the judgment will do so to the glory of God, but it will not rescue them at that moment from what will await them.

The only time a person has to benefit from such a confession is while they are alive on this earth. Unless a person does so here and now on this earth, they cannot become a new creation in Christ, and only new creations in Christ have any hope of heaven and eternal life with Jesus.

Salvation must happen in this life!  It is not something to procrastinate over.  That is why it says in Hebrews,

Hebrews 3:12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

In Scripture, there is an air of urgency when it comes to someone coming to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  It is not a passive attitude of maybe someday.  It is gross arrogance for anyone to think they know how many days they will have and think they have all the time in the world to get around to such an important decision.  Jesus has come, and He offers eternal life to as many as would believe and surrender to His offer of it.

Romans 10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.”

The end is near, His return is very soon, and there’s no time to waste. The opportunity is now, so if you know someone who has not been born again, be the best friend they’ve ever known. Tell them about Jesus and give them an opportunity to pray and confess Him as Lord of their lives. Why wait?