James 4:14-15 Be Prepared
By Jimmy Lau Since, life is short, what must we do? 1. Don’t waste it . We must seize each day that is given to us: “ Redeeming the time, because the days are evil ”(Ephesians 5:16). “ Redeeming the time ” means, “ making the best use of time ” (ESV). The devil wants us to give him all the time that we have. The handphone is his finest tool. With the phone in the hand, many Christians have no time for God. Even the worship hour for God has been taken away by some who are glued to their phones. 2. Live for eternity; serve God . The pursuit of the things in the world is vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:11). We need to pursue the thing that is most important: Serve God. Rather than assuming we will have more time for God later, we need to assume that all we have is today. Procrastination is the devil’s way to stop us from serving God. Our Lord says the time to serve Him is today, not tomorrow, or next year: “ Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? beho...