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We have looked at two important skills
Ignoring the doubters
How to know What’s best
Today we want to look at the skill of timing.
Every great accomplishment involved the element of timing.
Drew Breese to Michael Thomas - timing
Investments - timing
musician - timing
What makes a joke or story funny?
Timing.
Running for office - timing
Timing is important!
Being sensitive to how God is working in our world is a matter of timing...
There is a right time and a right way to do things.
Both of these are skills that we can learn.
ILL - Surfers catch the waves God creates.
Surfing takes a lot of patience.
You spend a lot of time waiting and then you paddle hard until you catch the wave.
Life is the same way.
There are ebbs and flows.
There is a rhythm to life.
Experiencing God - look at what God is doing and join him in it.
Sometimes that lasts and sometimes there are multiple opportunities.
Wise people learn how to do this.
It’s called Walking in the Spirit.
Timing is important.
You learn when to go slow and when to go fast.
We don’t say God bless what we are doing but God show us what you are doing so we can join in.
Jesus life and ministry had a sense of urgency.
15 times Jesus immediately …
Paul had that same sense of urgency.
But the Bible also has a lot to say about waiting and going slow.
When does God want me to Move Fast?
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We are to move fast when God tells me to do something
The Bible is filled with instructions for life & God expects us to obey him when He speaks to us.
ILL - Parents - when you tell your kids to do something you expect them to do it… pretty quickly.
Delayed obedience is disobedience.
Here are some examples of moving fast...
These guys quit their job and followed Jesus.
That’s immediate obedience.
He hurried to obey God.
We think sometimes of hurry as a negative, but when it comes to obeying God, hurry is a good thing.
Q - Has God told you to do anything that you still haven’t done?
2. We are to move fast when I need to ask or offer forgiveness.
For your own benefit and health, you need to do this quickly.
We spend too much of our lives burdened down with guilt, shame and bitterness.
Let me tell you a great healthcare plan.
Give and ask for forgiveness.
You could clear out over 50% of the people in hospitals if we could learn to forgive and receive forgiveness.
Jesus saw forgiveness important enough to delay worshipping to go and deal with it.
Is there someone you need to forgive?
Is there someone you need to go and ask forgiveness from?
3. We are to move fast when I feel tempted.
To defeat temptation, we need both preventative and emergency plans.
Maybe you travel… temptations come up.
Maybe you are tempted to cheat your work… etc.
What do you do… you take emergency action.
When you are in the moment of temptation, never get into a mental argument with it.
You will lose.
When you are faced with temptations… run.
You get away from the temptation.
If you stay there you will fall to it.
You may think that you don’t worship idols… work… wealth… status… children… spouse… anything that becomes first place in your life besides God.
We are to run away from idols…
Get away from it… You will give in if you stay and try to beat it… run if you don’t want to get stung by it.
When you are tempted, get out of the situation.
Don’t fight it - flee from it… Replace it.
Turn your mind to something else.
4. We are to move fast when I’ve made a promise to God.
We have all made promises to God and then forgotten them or just got lazy.
You better keep your promises to God.
What promise did you make that you need to keep? witness, church attendance, tithing,
When you make a promise to God and keep it, he goes crazy with the blessings that are going to come your way.
5. We are to move fast when I have the opportunity to do good.
Everyday God gives us little tests to see how we practice kindness.
Don’t wait until you get around to it.
Here you are… a Round Tuit
We have all kinds of excuses to not doo good for people.
It’s a bad time … I don’t have the money…
There will never be a perfect time and if you are waiting for them perfect timing, you will never do anything.
The reason that we need to move fast in doing good, is that we don’t have unlimited time.
You are not guaranteed tomorrow.
What have you been intending to do that you haven’t done?
Do it now… here’s your round tuit.
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We are to move fast when God offers me salvation.
Some of you have not crossed the line to Jesus.
You have been putting off the decision.
Not to decide is to decide
When does God want me to move slow
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We should move slowly when we don’t have all the facts.
Time after time on our social media, cause oriented culture do people make bad decisions because they do not have all of the facts.
We see it every day in the news… people make statements without facts.
People go with their gut or follow their heart, but when you don’t have all the facts, or you ignore the facts, you make mistakes.
Remember, your heart lies to you all the time.
You have to take your time and get the facts.
People pronounce guilt before the facts come out… before a trial is held… then the facts come out and they have to eat some words.
80% of small businesses… people’s dreams fail in the first 5 years because people are enthusiastic but don’t have any knowledge.
If you want to start something, take the time and get the facts.
Talk to someone who has already done it.
ILL - Many years ago, I thought about buying the Bible Bookstore that was close to Lakeside mall.
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