" TIME "

Another week has come and gone since we last got together and I want you to know that all is well. I'm just coming out of Praise,Worship and Prayer this morning and I'm feeling high on Jesus. This past week a prayer partner of mine took a fall, while he was working on stage at the church and and is presently hospitalized. Please pray that Paul gets well in all areas and heals up in all ways shortly.

Today's message involves the word " TIME ". When you think of a day, a period, or a season have you truly thought about time? More importantly have you ever contemplated what God thinks about time?

Scripture tells us that the Lord said " My spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years. (Genesis 6:3) God was allowing the people of Noah's day 120 years to change their sinful ways. God shows his love for us daily He is giving us opportunity to quit living our way and begin living his way, the way he shows us in his word. It's very important that we all wake up and realize that Jesus might return now. Christ's Second Coming will be swift and sudden. There will be no opportunity for last-minute repentance or bargaining. The choice we have already made will determine our eternal destiny.

Friends this world is changing at a rapid pace and it's heading away from the Lord. In times of persecution even strong believers will find it difficult to be loyal. To keep from being deceived by false messiahs, saints we must understand that Jesus' return will be unmistakable (Mark 13:26). No one will doubt that it is he. If you have to be told that the messiah has come, then he hasn't (24:27). Christ's coming will be obvious to everyone. God will act when he is ready. Children have difficulty grasping the concept of time."IT'S NOT TIME YET " is not a reason they easily understand because they only comprehend the present. As limited human beings, we can't understand God's perspective about time. We want everything now, unaware that God's timing is better. When God is ready, He will do what needs to be done, not what we would like Him to do. We may be as important as children, but we must not doubt the wisdom of God's timing. Wait for God to reveal His plan. Don't take matters into your own hands.

Until next week, you might want to think of time as a precious commodity.

Jim