Daylight Savings Time

Pastor John Gray

And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. (Some people can see but they have no vision. Many times we look at the outward appearance of a person but we can't see the work God is doing on the inside).  And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?  Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.   As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.  When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,  And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

John 9:1‭-‬7 KJV

The practice of springing the clocks forward started in March of 1918 during World War I as a way to conserve coal. But, it became federal law in 1966 for 48 out of 50 states. Hawaii and Arizona are the only two states that do not observe daylight savings time.

Maximizing the window of opportunity we have been given to do what God calls us to do. 

Jesus made it a point to maximize time even though he is not bound by time.

You are here because God needs you to do something right now. 

Don't be so conscious of time that you miss your moment. Jesus was always deliberate in getting to where he needed to go but he was never in a rush...he always had time for people.

It's ok to get rest so you can have the strength to keep going.

What's my assignment?

Jesus never discounted the humanity of people.

First ministry is the house you live in.

How will people know there's another way if you stay too busy for people who aren't like you. 

Jesus was a man of Prayer Pouring and Preparing

Schedule time with God. 

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.  And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;

Luke 6:12‭-‬13 KJV

Pray in season and out of season.

Be wise as to who you pour yourself into. There's a difference between an assignment and a leech...if you feel drained after pouring into someone, then you probably didn't have grace for that person.

But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing. Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that's what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions. Sooner or later we'll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions. We will appear before Christ and take what's coming to us as a result of our actions, either good or bad.

2 Corinthians 5:9‭-‬10 MSG

What to do with the time you have left:

Sow. Serve. Seek.

Sow: Invest in your family and local church

Serve: Everyone can add value to someone else's life.

Seek: The wisdom of the holy spirit

As I move in the direction of my assignment there will be people who receive residual blessings.