07 Feb Do Justice To The Time Given Us
Pastor Vincent - 17 October 2013
Beware Of The Influence Of Sin
Man often understand sin loosely. To many, sin is committing adultery, telling lies, taking drugs, murdering and more.. But sin is more than just the action of committing the wrong doings, it is the spiritual problem inside man that slowly creeps into us, without us knowing, that drives us away from the truth of God. It takes away our wanting to approach God fearlessly and stripping away our desire to come to Him. Sin is Satan's strongest weapon against evangelism. Because the moment you separate from the love of God, you lose the conviction in testifying for God. As a result, the world attracts you for it fulfills the desires inside you; the word gives you pressure and make you feel accused, for you know the truth but you cannot do it. Slowly, we are captured by fear than love. One day, we even lose the ability to love self and others. In fact, the most frightening thing in this world is not sinning but the unconsciousness of sins. It is through regeneration in Christ (born again) that one comes to realize the depth of our sins and the immense power of the finished work on the cross. If you want to overcome sin, you have to become a new person, born again in Christ. With a new life, there will be birth of new desire - and that is to seek God always and pursue Holy Living. Come to Lord and tell Him about your sins. Taste the sweetness of repentance today and leave Satan with no room in your heart to accuse you and toy your emotions. For Satan drives you away from God using the sins, God is still loving you and waiting for you to return, just like the prodigal son. Those forgiven much, love much. A person who has tasted the immense depth of God's love will hate sins and yearn to be in sync with God and testify for Him.
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* The maturity of a Christian can be seen from the way he redeems his time.
* However, the immature Christian always does injustice to his time:
1) Does things without a godly purpose.
2) Does things mindlessly.
* “Me time” comes from a self-centred tendency. It doesn’t has its roots in the gospel.
* Not managing our time well is not being morally right before God.
<Eph 5:15-17>: 15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
<Proverbs 24:33-34>: 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 34 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
* Beware of Negligence
* Charles Spurgeon (on negligence): “Rest assured of that; the best will become the worse if we neglect it. Neglect is all that is needed to produce evil. If you want to know the way of salvation I must take some pains to tell you; but if you want to know the way to be lost, my reply is easy; for it is only a matter of negligence.”
<Pro 6:6-8>: 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
* The value of hard work
* Always working for the future
** How do we do justice to the time given us? **
Good Stewardship
* All of my time is God’s time by which I am a steward.
* Not “me time”, but stewardship.
* Free to do anything, but beware of overindulgences.
* Managing our time wisely knowing the Lord’s will.
Time can be redeemed by concentration and focus
* When we are distracted from serious and needful work, we waste time.
* Train our mental stamina.
Free your mind to think creatively while performing ordinary function.
* Sometimes, when we are given space to think, new ideas come.
* Ordinary functions (e.g. exercising, showering, dining) sometimes free our mind to think.
* <1 Thes 5:17> says: “pray continually”.
* As God’s image bearer, we are not only to work hard, but work creatively.
Spend appropriate amount of time on recreation and leisure.
* St Augustine once advised believers to learn as much as possible about as many things as possible, since all truth is God’s truth.
Manage our sleep patterns and waking hours well.
* Sleep enough to have full focus in serious work.
* We are most accountable to God for our productive hours.
* Importance of a daily blessed schedule.
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