Jesus was walking briskly down the cobble Streets of Jerusalem when he spotted a man who had been blind from his birth. As Jesus pauses to behold the man, his disciples ask him: 'Master who did sin, this man, or his parents. That he was born blind?' Jesus would have no part of this foolish superstition. He answers, "Neither has this man sinned nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him." Jesus was not so much interested in what had brought about this problem as he was in the solving of the problem. He then declared, "We must work the works of Him that sent me while it is yet day for the night cometh when no man can work" (John 9:4). Jesus then spits on the ground, makes clay of the spittle and anoints the eyes of the blind man commanding him to wash in the pool of Siloam. He did as he was commanded and came seeing.

Jesus felt the urgency of doing the work of Him that sent Him while the opportunity was still His. If Christ had not busied himself with God's work what would the gospels look like? We probably would not have this story of the blind man. Neither would we have the story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead. The Sermon on the Mount would not have been preached. The Last Supper would not have taken place. If Jesus had not been busy about His Father's business, John could not have written, "Many of the signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples which are not written in this book but these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that believing ye might have life through his name."

Jesus said, "We must work the works of him that sent me." There are two kinds of "musts" in our lives. There is the "must' that causes us to go to the dentist or the 'must' that causes some small children to take a bath. These things are done with reluctance but nevertheless they are done. Then there is that "must" which comes from our innermost desire to serve the living God. He is the one that can say along with Jesus, "My meet is to do the will of my Father."

We must work while it is day. Day is for labor. This is God's day, it is Christ's dispensation. Day gives us opportunities. Whatever we do, whatsoever we are to accomplish it must be done while it is yet day. Our Lord's day was not very long. It was from the dawn of Bethlehem to the evening on Olivet. There are some whose day is shorter than this. There are many whose day is for longer, but in the case of each one of us there are limits beyond which we cannot pass. However long our day, we do have sufficiency of time. Whatever you are required to do in life, your life will be long enough to do it. But it is not so long that you have time to waste.

"For the night cometh when no man can work." There has never been anything spoken by human lips more solemn than this. Jesus knew that the end of his earthly life and ministry was near. But he know also that much remained yet for him to accomplish. All must be finished before the twilight deepens into darkness.

Life is short and there is so much to be done. The Bible places great emphasis upon "now". Now Is the day of salvation. Whatever repenting we must do, whatever works we must accomplish, whatever wrongs we must right, whatever prayers we must pray, whatever compassion we must show, whatever love we must share MUST be done while it is yet day for the night cometh when no man can work.