04/08/2022
*TOPIC: USE THE OPPORTUNITY YOU HAVE WISELY.*
_"Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Ephesians 5:16._
*MESSAGE*
Time and opportunity are treasures that must be appreciated. Appreciate the opportunities that come your way. God has made available to all human beings the opportunity to become whatever we would want to become in life. Unfortunately many of us do not realise the opportunity when it comes. Opportunity is a gift; if we fail to recognize and get ready to take it when it comes, we may miss it forever.
Any opportunity not taken at the right time may become a struggle thereafter. For example, the opportunity to receive Christ's offer of salvation is only available while we are alive. That opportunity expires at death. Therefore take advantage of the time you have now. "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven" ( Ecclesiastes 3:1).
Your success in life has little to do with speed, but much to do with timing and making the right decision when the time is right. If the right time has passed, then your preparation will do you no good. The woman with the issue of blood did not mess around with the only time she had to meet Jesus; David made the best use of the opportunity he had to bring down Goliath. Likewise, let us be wise to use each moment we have doing the right things that will edify us and glorify God.
*ACTION POINT*
Avoid pride, selfishness and laziness at all costs.
*SCRIPTURES*
Ecclesiastes 3:1-4; Colossians 4:5; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Romans 13:11.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank you for the gift of a new day.
2. O Lord, give me the grace to maximize every opportunity I'm given in the name of Jesus.
3. O Lord, don't allow laziness to rob me of my destiny in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
1 Sam.8:1-9, 14. Isa.49. 2 Cor.10
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