I have taught this truth from Scripture, to number our days, for many years now, oftentimes in funeral sermons and eulogies. God has taught humanity for many thousands of years that man typically has only seventy years unless he is totally blessed and lives into his eighties. We have all witnessed precious souls, like my younger brother, who only lived one week, and my blessed grandmother who lived well into her hundreds. We have no way of knowing just how long we will be given to live on this planet, so it is necessary to number our days making every day count. Although we could only trust in the providence of God for my younger brother, my blessed grandmother had learned well how to make the most of every day to the glory of God. Contrary to how old we are and the trials that we are currently facing, we can still learn together how to number our days by making every moment of every day count for the best. If we don’t then time will fly by as a watch in the night as if our time on earth never existed; a thousand years in your sight would be like yesterday when it is past (Psalms 90:4-6).
So, how do we number our days? A good starting place is to follow the teachings of God’s Holy Word in the Bible that says, “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16). The day is made up of twenty-four hours or 1,440 minutes. Satan’s goal is to rob you of all your time; time that can never be replaced. With the advancement of technology this is being accomplished at an unprecedented and alarming rate. It has allowed humanity to be led into many senseless and meaningless activities, not necessarily good or bad, but meant only to rob you of your precious time allotted to you by God; time that cannot ever be replaced. The Bible tells us to redeem the time by buying it back, from Satan’s captivity. This is accomplished by walking circumspectly and not as fools. The fool follows the ways of the world allowing their time to be consumed with every novelty, every little bit of entertainment, every senseless conversation, and every meaningless activity. This is greatly accomplished on social media with their little “reels,” videos, and posts capturing the attention of the fallen world. Ask yourself, how much time you spend on social media, essentially wasting your time better spent doing the things of God, which we will speak of below.
Everything in the world is designed to rob you of your precious time, which can never be recovered. Television, streaming movies or videos, and the theater has tapped into a large amount of your time. Follow me for a moment. Even if it’s nothing necessarily evil it still robs you of your time. Think about that for a moment. We have been given only so much time on planet earth that will be eventually swept away as a flood or like grass that’s been cut down (Psalms 90:5-6). As children of God, we need to learn how to redeem all the precious time that God has given to us. The fool says in his heart there is no God (Psalms 14.1; 53:1) and embraces every perversion and ungodliness that consumes all of his time on planet Earth. As Christmas, we must walk circumspectly and not as fools who have openly and unashamedly rejected Christ as their Lord. When we do we will carefully examine everything we think and do in the fallen world remembering that Christ sees everything. We must ask, was Christ honored in what we just thought and spent our time doing? Did it help us to truly grow up spiritually? Did it truly love and bless others? Dear, children until we redeem the time by no longer following the world, then we can be assured that there will be no time left. That is exactly where most of the fallen world is today. They have no time left. Dear children, we must redeem the time by walking away from everything that is consuming our time.
When we number our days, we will be motivated to redeem the time and apply our hearts unto wisdom (Psalms 90:12). The Bible says, “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5). There is no greater need for wisdom than when we have come out from the world with a great deal of time redeemed. Satan will work overtime to trip you up and lead you back into the fallen world destined for hell and the horrific consequences of humanity’s sins. Satan and his powers of darkness will tell you immediately that you are bored, anxious, or getting depressed because you are no longer filling your time with what makes you happy or satisfied. He will go further and awaken the old sin nature creating very powerful desires in your mind and soul. He will not give up easily because he knows that the moment that you give all of your time to Jesus, he is done. This is exactly why Satan has led humanity to invent technology, movies, YouTube videos, and 24-hour news channels to consume all of your time. This is exactly why he has led humanity to create every form of salacious entertainment to arouse the old sin nature that can also consume all of your time.
When we come out from the world led by Satan to consume our time, then we ask God for wisdom in filling our time with what He wants to accomplish in our lives. Heavenly wisdom from the throne of grace will lead you, step by step, to the most glorious life this side of heaven. When you truly come out from the world led by the powers of darkness, then God will fill your time. Every moment will be filled with how to put on our new life in Christ, to become all that Christ wants us to be. The Spirit will fill your heart with self-giving, agape, love. You will no longer live for self, but you will discover the great joy of living for others. This living for others takes on a whole new dynamic that transcends faceless social media to real face-to-face relationships beginning with our family and close friends. It cherishes the time around the dinner table without cellphones and the blaring television. God’s heavenly wisdom will show us how to extend our self-giving love to our neighbors, workmates, and everyone else we encounter in the real world. This heavenly wisdom will open doors and give us an opportunity to share our testimony and the Gospel of Jesus Christ (See The Gospel Presentation below).
Dear children, we can no longer allow Satan and his powers of darkness to consume our precious time given to us by our almighty God. Time is running out for the fallen world. Yet, God can extend our time on earth if we use every moment of our time to glorify Him. We glorify God when we allow the indwelling Spirit to direct our path in our love and service to others in the real world of face-to-face encounters. We glorify God when we allow the indwelling Spirit to grow us every day spiritually from one degree of glory to another. We glorify God by trusting in Him exclusively by rejecting all the foolishness in the fallen world. We glorify God by believing His truth that He alone has given us everything we need for life and godliness. Finally, we glorify God by standing firm in the Last Days and not being led astray by the great deception. Won’t you redeem your time today and number all of your days to the glory of God? In the beginning, it will be difficult, but God will give you grace to persevere to the end, enjoying every beautiful moment of time that God has so gloriously allotted to you. Amen
The Gospel Presentation
We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, which explains the many difficulties that you are currently facing in your life. Well, I have good news, God has solved that problem by sending His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who was born of a virgin to show us the way to a beautiful new life in Christ. God has dealt with all of our sins past, present, and future by having His son pay the debt for our sins. Jesus Christ willingly went to the Cross in our stead by allowing all of the world’s sins to be placed upon Him as a sacrificial Lamb. As Christ hung on the Cross, the wrath of God was poured out on Him to pay the penalty for our sins. Jesus Christ died on the Cross and was buried for three days. On the third day, Christ arose from death to life everlasting. The good news is if we believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, then we will be forgiven for all of our sins and receive the Holy Spirit. The Spirit will lead us into all truth helping us in the transformation process of putting off the old life, allowing the old sin nature to die with Christ, and then putting on our new life in Christ by being raised with Christ to everlasting life. You can accept Christ today by confessing your sins to Him through a simple prayer asking Him to forgive you and make you into a new creation filled with the Holy Spirit. If you have done that, then you have just begun the greatest journey of your life that leads to heaven and eternal life. Welcome to the Kingdom.
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Great Message. When God Called my Husband Home I Asked God To Give Me Something To Do That Would Be A Blessing To Others. I Kept Seeing An Add In The Paper Where Hospice Needed Volunteers. I prayed About It And Went Down. I Thank God For That. There Are So Many Things We Can Do To Occupy Our Minds, that Satan doesn’t like .
Thank you my dear sister, Glenda Faye, for your very nice comment. I am so pleased that you have found something useful to occupy your mind with. God bless you my dear friend.