Acts 13
Using Your Time!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, July 20.
Time is marching on! What are you doing with the time you have or are you just doing your time?
Acts 13:36 describes of King David, “For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers.”
My time and your time on the earth is limited by God’s design. We have been blessed with the gift of boundaries in this life! Why? So that we will embrace the time we have and grow up into our purposes. Friends, let me be painfully honest with you: you do not grow up just because you do your time! Biblical maturity is about how you embrace your time to learn and grow in knowledge, wisdom, and stature with God and people (Luke 2:52). Maturity and time are linked together by how you use your time to fulfill the purpose of God in your own generation.
What has God called you to accomplish in your lifetime and in your generation? How are you using your time?
God is calling you to remember that He has a purpose for your life in Jesus Christ. So don’t just do your time, make the most of every day!
We each must embrace the reality that a day is coming when we will be laid to rest. As Hebrews 9:27 promises, “Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.”
When the time comes, will you be like David and be found to have served the purposes of God in your generation?
You only get one chance… use your time for God’s glory!
Seize the moment and redeem the time you have been given; every breath you have is a gift! Every minute is an opportunity to grow closer to God.