Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Arcadia
Time Acceleration – Redeeming the Time
Ps 90: 12 Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
•Teach us to number our days. In other words, literally, teach us to live as if our days are numbered.
•I acknowledge my time is limited and since it is limited, since my days are numbered, show me what I am to do with the days & time that I have left.
if we live in light of the fact that our days are numbered, we are going to make better decisions, because whenever you think you’ve more of something than you need you always tend to waste it. We all do that.
Time = There are three Greek words used in the Bible to refer to time:
- Hora is translated “hour”
- Chrono from which we get our English Chronological refers to time in general, a period or measured time.
- Kairos, the word used in this context and it refers to an Opportunity.
There are rarely any immediate consequences for neglecting a single installment of time in any particular arena of life. EXAMPLE
•On any given night that you don’t eat dinner together as a family, there are no major consequences when you miss or procrastinate those time.
•Same with date nights, saving, studying, church attendance, exercising, ball games.
•If you decide to stay late at work and miss dinner one time there’s no big consequence. But because there’s no consequence, because we skip one installment, we begin thinking. Well, there’s no benefit in making these installments to begin with.
This is why we are so deceived. “One time won’t hurt.” And we are correct – BUT THOSE ONE TIME KEEP ACCUMULATING
