His Time or Yours - July 7, 2011

Point of View:
So now that summertime is here, I’m sure that we are all enjoying the late night hangouts, sleeping in, movies and the lack of schoolwork, right? If your summer is anything like mine has been so far, I am sure you have probably thought; “there’s so much to do yet so little time” at one point or another. That’s why I want to throw this friendly reminder your way. I want us to remember that through all the fun and excitement of summer, God still desires and deserves to be glorified. I think we often forget about this and use vacations and jobs as excuses for why we are “too busy” for church or ministry opportunities. For instance, it’s easy to go to church when you have nothing to do on a Sunday. But when you're down at the beach and Sunday roles around, more likely than not we don’t really feel like going or choose not to. That’s not cool! I think that once summer roles around our priorities get all out of whack and somehow we get very “me” centered when we should be God centered. Now don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with taking a vacation or chilling with friends, just remember that we should be “making the most of every opportunity” – Col. 4:5-6, so lets try to keep God an active center in our lives, even through the busy summer.

The Challenge:
I want to challenge you to use some of your time off this summer to do something that will be glorifying to God. Maybe that’s going on a mission trip, sharing the Gospel with your friends or just catching the train into the city and feeding the hungry and homeless. Either way, get out there and glorify! Keep Jesus first no matter what your doing this summer and definitely don’t forget to glorify.

Prayer Points:
• Thank God for giving us the awesome weather of summer. Enjoy it.
• Ask for opportunity’s to serve. If we make ourselves willing, He will use us.
• Pray that you will be able to keep it holy.

The Word:

5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders (unsaved); make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. - Colossians 4:5-6