This song is based upon personal experience, and the parable that Jesus taught in Matthew 20: 1-16.

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Today is the day of Salvation
Not tomorrow or the next day
Or even yesterday
Oh, today is the day of Salvation
Tomorrow might be too late.

And a I met a man
Who said he wished he'd read the Word
In his youth
He said if I had
Then God might have saved me
But I said to him don't you know
That you can leave your past behind
But then he put it off until some more
Convenient time.

And I used to feel
That Salvation was for later on
In the years
When you're old it just might soothe your fears
But I got to thinking
We're not even guaranteed tomorrow
And what you're surely gonna reap is
What you sow.

And a good man went out early
Seeking workers for the vineyard
For a wage
And he hired others all throughout the day
And he paid them all the same
Now what this says to me is this:
That if you're still in sin and strife
It's not too late
Confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
And you can still receive
Eternal life.