Daily Devotion Tue. 21/3/2017
26/3/2017 LESSON 4
STEWARDSHIP OF TIME
Quarter’s Theme: UNDERSTANDING BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP
Unit 2: Your Stewardship (Lessons 3- 6)
Suggested Hymns: G.H.B. 415
Devotional Reading: ECCL. 3:1-11
Topic For Adults
IT IS YOUR TIME TO ACCOMPLISH GOD’S PLAN
Topic For Youths
DON’T USE YOUR TIME OUTSIDE GOD’S WILL
Topic For Intermediates
TIME IS PRECIOUS, USE IT WISELY
Scripture Lesson
EPH. 5:15-16; 2 COR. 6:2; ROM. 13:11-14
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MEMORY VERSE:
To everything, there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven. Eccl. 3:1 (NKJV)
DAILY DEVOTIONAL READING
Tue. 21/3/2017
There Is Time For Everything
Eccl. 3:1-8
Solomon is teaching us that all the events and activities of life as illustrated here have their proper time, season and duration. Some of the events occur only once in a life time, while others occur repeatedly. The important thing is to realise that God has ordained time for the various events in life and we are to use the time to do what is needful and right. The secret to peace with God is to discover, accept and appropriate God’s perfect timing. There is danger when we resent God’s timing. This can lead to rebellion and despair. God orders time and makes no mistakes about it. Be satisfied with God’s timing every time in your life. Do the right thing at the right time. There is time for everything. At the time to be in the church, don’t be at home. There is a set time for us to come to the world (birth), for us to continue in it and for us to go out of it (death) (Job7:1). From before our birth to the moment of our death, God is accomplishing his Divine purposes, even when we do not understand what He is doing. If we cooperate with God’s timing, life will be meaningful. Birth and death are divine appointments we cannot prevent. Death comes when God wills it. All our days are ordered by Him. (Ps. 138:16). So, we should not foolishly hasten our death, by spending our time going to where we are not supposed to be, doing what we are not supposed to do, eating and drinking what we are not to eat or drink. Remember, as a steward, you will give account of how you spend your time.
POINT OF EMPHASIS: Do not foolishly hasten your death by spending your time going to where you are not supposed to go, doing what you are not supposed to do, eating and drinking what you are not supposed to eat or drink.
PRAYER POINT: Oh Lord, help me to be satisfied with Your order of time for my life in Jesus’ name.
