DON'T WASTE TIME BECAUSE TIME'S AWASTIN'!

JAMES 4:13-17

Pastor Rick Jackson

There are people who have more money than you. There are people who may have more talent than you. There folks that have more resources than you, BUT... nobody, and I do mean NOBODY has more time than you.
60 seconds to the minute, 60 minutes to the hour, 24 hours to the day, 7 days to the week, and so it goes... no-one has more time than you.

I. THE WORTH OF TIME

1. Time is Precious because it it God-given [Psalm 90:12]

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (Hezekiah failed at this)

2. Time is precious because it is Short [James 4:14]

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

3. Time is Precious because the Decisions of this Life Affect Eternity [Hebrews 9:27]

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

II. THE WASTE OF TIME

1. Time is Wasted when Christ is Excluded [Luke 12:20]

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

2. Time is Wasted when we Worry [Philippians 4:6-7]

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

3. Time is Wasted when we Sin [1 John 2:1]

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

III. THE WISE USE OF TIME

1. Time is used Wisely when we Worship God [John 4:24]

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

2. Time is used Wisely when I Work for God [1 Corinthians 15:58]

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

3. Time is used Wisely when I Walk with God [1 John 1:6-7]

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another , and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

Ephesians 2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians 4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Ephesians 5:15-16 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.