Time Is on My Side?

  • Pastor Duane Cross
  • Jan 6, 2008
  • Series: Living within the Margins

LIVING WITHIN THE MARGINS

“Time is on my side?”

Pastor Duane Cross

January 6, 2008

Margin is “a limit in condition or capacity, beyond which something ceases to exist or to be desirable.”

3 statements that will help clarify our time margins:

1.        Your time is limited.

2.        All your time is going to be spent.

3.        Somebody is going to determine how you spend your time.

 

“You have decided the length of our lives, you know how many months we will live, and we are not given a minute longer.”                                    Job 14:5 (NLT)

Then someone called from the crowd, “Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me.”  Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?”  Then he said, “Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.”  Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops.  He said to himself, ‘What should I do? I don’t have room for all my crops.’  Then he said, ‘I know! I’ll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. Then I’ll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods.  And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’  “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’  “Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth but not have a rich relationship with God.”      Luke 12:13-21 (NLT)

 

 

Margins in your time

1.        It begins with recognizing your days are numbered by God.

“Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom.”       Psalm 90:12 (NLT)

2.        Recognizing God's priorities as our own.

“So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of your time...“           Ephesians 5:15-16 (NLT)

3.        Recognizing our need for God.

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”        Matthew 6:33 (NIV)

 

 

 

 

 

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