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Remembrance Day Crows Nest
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If I only had time
By Noel Wilcox
Pastor - Highfields Baptist Church
Some people are good
time managers, others
not so good.
We put so much emphasis
upon time.
It seems to be a commodity
about which we are very much
concerned.
There is an old saying, ‘If you
want someone to do something,
ask a busy person, others don’t
have time.’
The reality is that God has given
us exactly the same amount
of time, 24 hours or 1440 minutes
a day.
The apostle Paul says we
are to redeem the time because
the days are evil, or in another
place, ‘walk circumspectly, not
as fools, but as wise.’
Time is a precious commodity,
we need to be wise about how
we use it.
It is an interesting exercise to
map out your week in 30 minute
segments and chart what you
do for every half hour you are
awake.
It might just be a wake-up
call.
As much as we like to emphasise
time as a commodity, we
need to realise there are different
seasons in our lives.
The Bible seems to address
these times, more than the actual
commodity of time.
We have this example in the
book of Ecclesiastes.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8: To everything
there is a season, A time
for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, And a time
to die; A time to plant, And a
time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill, And a time to
heal; A time to break down, And
a time to build up;
A time to weep, And a time to
laugh; A time to mourn, And a
time to dance;
A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones; A
time to embrace, And a time to
refrain from embracing;
A time to gain, And a time to
lose, A time to keep, And a time
to throw away;
A time to tear, And a time to
sew; A time to keep silence, And
a time to speak;
A time to love, And a time to
hate; A time of war, And a time
of peace.
A little further on the writer
speaks of enjoying life, but be
accountable to God for the way
we live.
Ecclesiastes 3:10-15: I have
seen the God-given task with
which the sons of men are to be
occupied.
He has made everything
beautiful in its time.
Also He has put eternity in
their hearts, except that no one
can find out the work that God
does from beginning to end.
I know that nothing is better
for them than to rejoice, and to
do good in their lives,
and also that every man
should eat and drink and enjoy
the good of all his labour, it is
the gift of God.
I know that whatever God
does, It shall be forever.
Nothing can be added to it,
And nothing taken from it.
God does it, that men should
fear before Him.
That which is has already
been, And what is to be has already
been, And God requires an
account of what is past.
We need to recognise that
there are seasons in our life. All
time is not equal.
Consider this concerning Jesus:
Galatians 4:4-5
But when the fullness of the
time had come, God sent forth
His Son, born of a woman, born
under the law, to redeem those
who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as
sons.
Are you a slave to time?
God gave His Son in His time
for you. Do you have any time
for Him?
Jan Blay, Kristine Willoughby,
Denise Neal, Jan Ritchie,
Helen Ferguson, Hilda Foster
and Lavinia Hill.
Remembrance Day, November 11, was observed at Crows Nest
on Saturday at the cenotaph in Centenary Park. ABOVE: Mark
Berkovich, Deputy President, Crows Nest RSL, Brent Willoughby,
secretary, David Davies, New Hope Church, padre, Chris
Ellis, assistant bar manager, who was guest speaker, and Neville
Kleidon, president. Inset - Crows Nest RSL piper John Bishop.
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