"Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity."
Ephesians 5:15
"Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is."
September 11th 2001 will go down in History as a day of terror a day of shock and a day when the innocence of the world was damaged forever.
It was a moment when some Muslim men seized the moment to murder and maim innocent people. They made a deliberate choice and were prepared to face the consequences.
About 2000 years earlier a man called Jesus Christ seized the moment when he was arrested in Jerusalem to change the world forever for good.
Jesus mindful of this moment in a garden called
Gethsemane, realized the awesome moment this was in his life.
He prayed for God’s strength to take him through the few intense hours that were to follow and he prayed about a possible plan B.
Luke chapter 22; 42 "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." 43 An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
When there was no plan B presenting Jesus Seized the moment and changed the known world forever.
Throughout history since many men and women have seized the moment for God and grown the Kingdom of God on earth.
The reason we have enjoyed a reasonably secure century and a half of history in this nation is because we, our society was founded on a Christian style of government.
In the past Christian men and women have seized the moment to attempt to build a Christian based society.
Current moves threaten to plunge the world into a new dark age of moral decline and brutal dictatorships.
We live on a precipice of history and the future will ultimately depend on brave Christian men and women who seize the moment for God.
Little acts of bravery in the Christian faith produce great growth and fruit.
You know we need to seize the moment and act straight away, the way God wants us too in these situations.
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It's not a gift until you give it away. Give the gift if Jesus to someone this weekend. I look forward to being back with you on Monday.
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself.