TIME IS RUNNING OUT
WHAT IF THE OPPORTUNITY YOU’RE WAITING FOR IS THE OPPORTUNITY GOD GAVE YOU TODAY?
THE MOST DANGEROUS WORDS A BELIEVER CAN SAY ARE, ‘I'LL DO IT TOMORROW,’ WHEN GOD IS CALLING THEM TO DO IT TODAY.
1. WAKE UP AND REALIZE WHAT TIME IT IS
EPHESIANS 5:15-16
WISDOM IS NOT JUST KNOWING WHAT IS RIGHT. WISDOM IS REALIZING YOU DON'T HAVE FOREVER TO DO IT.
2. STOP LIVING LIKE YOU HAVE TOMORROW GUARANTEED
JAMES 4:13-14
TOMORROW IS A PROMISE NOBODY MADE TO YOU.
3. IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP
ROMANS 13:11-12
THE CHURCH CANNOT AFFORD TO SLEEP THROUGH THE VERY HOUR GOD HAS CALLED US TO SHINE.
What does spiritual sleep look like?
A prayer life that has become cold.
A heart that no longer breaks for the lost.
A faith that has become comfortable.
A church that is more concerned with being entertained than being transformed.
Believers who know the truth but have stopped living it.
COMFORT CAN BECOME DANGEROUS WHEN IT PUTS US TO SLEEP IN A SEASON THAT DEMANDS SPIRITUAL URGENCY.
4. THERE ARE WORKS GOD HAS CALLED US TO DO - AND WE HAVE TO DO THEM NOW
JOHN 9:4
The church was never called to watch the world fall apart. We were called to carry the hope of Jesus into it.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE NIGHT COMES TO WISH YOU HAD WORKED WHILE IT WAS DAY.
5. TODAY IS THE DAY TO RESPOND TO GOD
HEBREWS 3:15
THE GREATEST DANGER ISN'T THAT GOD STOPS SPEAKING. IT'S THAT WE GET SO USED TO IGNORING HIM THAT WE STOP RESPONDING.
2 CORINTHIANS 6:2
GOD IS NOT CALLING US TO PANIC ABOUT THE FUTURE.
HE IS CALLING US TO RESPOND FAITHFULLY IN THE PRESENT.
WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH THE TIME YOU HAVE LEFT?
Ephesians says redeem the time.
James says life is a vapor.
Romans says wake up.
Jesus says work while it is day.
Hebrews says today, if you hear His voice, don't harden your heart.