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Sermon Oct 24 2021 - Our Days are Numbered
For many of us the years are crawling up and up fast.
Some of us don't want to even mention our age.
Some of us want to make the years to stand still so that we can remain where we are now.
Sadly, some of us say:
"Lord take my life now, life is not worth living anymore"
What is the purpose of life then?
Only you can expand on your situation.
Does God take our number of years in consideration?
Psl 39:4 Teach me, O Lord, about the number of days I have left so that I may know how temporary my life is.
How do we measure our life at the moment?
Is it worth it?
How does God view our lives at this very moment?
Psl 39:5
You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand.
My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.
We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
It's all in vain and I have numerous challenges, Oh, God.
What do you want me to do with the time you are giving me?
Melanie, our daughter was 10 years old, we danced together.
I can remember when Melanie said to our son Justin who was in his mid-teens then, she said "Justin, you're getting old"
All this made me think: when a little child knows their age, they are so eager to tell everyone how old they are.
"I'm TWO or I'm three years old.
After that; I'm big now, I'm 6
They can't wait to turn 10.
Kids can't wait to turn 16 to get a driver's license, they can't wait to turn 18 to have a drink (legally)
They act as if there is not going to be an end to life,
They think they are immortal.
By the time we got to 40, we do not want to mention our age anymore.
When you ask: "How old are you now "well I'm only young - - bla-bla-bla" but the actual number does not come out as loud as when they were 5 or 6, especially the ladies.
It's embarrassing to mention your age when you're over the 40 mark right up to the upper 70s.
When you get to the 80s, things begin to change again.
Ask an older person: How old are you now?
I'm going to be 81 in 10 months' time.
When you reach 100, you become front-page-news.
The announcement is loud and clear.
I wonder how vocal Adam would have announced his age:
Adam how old are you now?
Can you hear him say; I'm 929 years and soon I'll be 930
Gen 5:5 Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.
Methuselah lived a total of 969 years.
I'm sure he would have said: I'm heading for a 1000 years.
God mentioned my days are numbered, it's not for me to know when it will end.
Why are human beings so shy to mention their actual age?
Is it because we will get accused of being "you're old"
Let's read in the Bible again if God really count the number of our years?
When Moses was asked to send out 12 spies to the land of milk and honey God expected those spies to trust Him and see the positive things in the "Promised Land"
The spies returned and 10 of them reported all negative things they have seen.
Only TWO (Joshua and Caleb) saw what God has promised them: a wonderful country.
Josh 14:7-8 Joshua said: I was forty years old at the time Moses sent me into Canaan as a spy.
I completely trusted the Lord God.
When I came back, Moses told me, "Since you were faithful to the Lord God, I promise that the places where you went as a spy will belong to you and to your descendants forever.
The Scripture says that a 1000 years is like a day in God's eyes and God knows our days and years, every one of them.
Num.
14:34 The Lord said to Israel: According to the number of the days in which they spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.
God knows the days and years, even when we wander away from Him.
Psl 56: 8 You have kept record of my days of wandering.
You have stored my tears in Your bottle and counted each of them.
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It's very clear that God keeps a count of every day of our lives.
I realize none of us get to choose the number of our days to live, we only get to choose what to do with each day.
The Western world are moving further away from God, but God tells us: . . .
Eph 5:15-16 Act like people with good sense and not like fools.
These are evil times, so make every minute count.
That was 2000 yrs ago.
We're all anxiously waiting for Jesus' return, but we can't choose that time.
Time is overwhelmingly precious and anything that is so precious is worth keeping.
I'd like to give three reasons why time is precious?
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Because it's a scares commodity, yes, I said scares.
You lost the hours since you got up until now, you cannot go back and relive it or use it again.
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I remember when I was young, I thought that time would never end and will continue forever.
Now that I'm older, time is moving more quickly than I expected.
I see my clock runs faster and faster than ever before.
Sometimes I feel trapped as if time is an illusion.
Our children grew up fast, our house was full of children with friends, yet soon Juliet and I will be in an empty nest.
Sometimes it's hard to go through challenging moments.
How did Job describe how he lost time during his days?
Job 9:25-28 My life is speeding by, without a hope of happiness.
Each day passes swifter than a sailing ship or an eagle swooping down.
Sometimes I try to be cheerful and to stop complaining, but my sufferings frighten me, because I know that God still considers me guilty.
(Job new time is a scares commodity and he feels scared)
Let's read what Job says in:
Job 16:22 Because in only a few years, I will be dead and gone.
Each one of us should also look into the future and see that death is approaching like an "oncoming train"
Time is so scares and we should be aware of it every hour and live for the moment.
Jesus said:
Luke 12:25 Jesus said: Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?
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Time is not only scares, it is very precious, it's valuable.
Business people often say: my time is valuable, I can only deal with this issue later.
Time is valuable.
Who wants to buy from me an extra FIVE years of my precious time in Africa - it was so wonderful?
I'll sell it to you for a 5k Dollars a year = $5000.
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My time is valuable, but I'm willing to negotiate a better price.
Any offers, how about $1? No, I cannot sell it.
We all have 24 hrs in a day and it cannot be sold at any price.
We can't choose the time of our lives, even though there are many products on the market that promise us longevity.
Only God assigns time for each one of us and it's precious.
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