"For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night...The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away...So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.... And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our heands establish thou it."
Our mesage today comes from Psalm 90: 4-17 (I hit the high parts) with verse 12 being a key verse.
From the moment we are born, we are assigned a clock. And from the moment we are saved (by accepting Jesus into our hearts) we are given a simple task- to "Let your light so shine before me, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."- Matthew 5:16.
Each day we are given 86,000 seconds to do just that. Let's look at how we spend that time. How much of it do we truly dedicate to Jesus? It would take you 71 hours to read the Bible start to finish without interruption. Now, divide that into a more realistic time frame, say a year. It would only take 12 minutes of your day to read the Bible completely. How many of us waste 12 minutes of our day? What about 15? Read your Bible for 12 minutes and pray for an additional 3. It doesn't seem like a large amount of time, but how many us really give that much to the Lord? Instead we chose to watch tv, to read a magazine, to fix our hair, etc. Being a Christian is not about dedicating your day 24/7 to Jesus- it's about being a good steward and using the time you have left during your day or your week to glorify God, to witness, and/or to learn.
Luke 6:46-49- Jesus calls us on us to do what he asks of us. He wants to get inside of us and change who we are by geting us to do and think godly things. When you read your Bible, you'll find that you'll get more out of it than you put into it.
Think of how you spend your time - do you spend it wisely, on a rock- or waste it, on the sand-
Matt 16:24-27. God knows your hope and dreams- be wealthy, to be famous, etc. God also knows how much time is on your clock. While being wealthy or being famous maybe a great thing here on Earth, how much will it help you in heaven when it's your turn on the Judgement seat if you haven't first and continuously applied your life to Jesus' testimoney and witness. Truth is, it won't do you a bit of good, and will have been like building a house in the sand. Chose today to build your house on the rock.
The Judgement is not an event to be feared, it is a wonderful count down to presence of our God and should be treated as such. Spread the word today and share God with those around you so that they may join us in heaven in the presence of our Lord.
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