In his sermon for 27 August 2017, Rev. Geoff McKee considers an aspect of Stewardship – looking at what could be described as Time Management for Christians. Lots of questions to address here!
This is the first in a series of three sermons about Christians’ Stewardship of Time. The second in the series – discussing “A Time for Everything” from the Book of Ecclesiastes – is available here.
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Genesis 1:14-19 (New International Version)
14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
Genesis 49:14-15
14 “Issachar is a rawboned donkey
lying down among the sheep pens.
15 When he sees how good is his resting place
and how pleasant is his land,
he will bend his shoulder to the burden
and submit to forced labour.
I remember watching a television programme a few years ago about George Best, the footballer.
One part of the programme stuck in my mind.
It consisted of a brief clip of Best weaving his way in and out and around an opponent, all filmed in slow motion. And it was very evident, in the revealing nature of the slow motion, that Best’s body movements were beautifully balanced and flowing in contrast to his opponent’s – which were jerky and haphazard.
Best seemed to have all the time in the world while his opponent was all at sea: ‘all the time in the world.’ [Read more…]