Exodus 34:14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: (KJV)
God is a jealous God. He is jealous of time as well. He is not an ATM machine that dispenses ready blessings on demand. He demands the deposit and investment of your time before you get a return.
If your true God is where you spend most of your time then who or what is your God?
Church attendance, prayer and study time are more than important. They are absolute essentials. They do not prove you are spiritual nor is it guaranteed that you will become spiritual since they can be done in the flesh, but spirituality will be nigh impossible without them.
Moses spent 40 years in wilderness before he saw the burning bush and then he had to turn aside from his flock to hear God. He had to choose to take the time to see what this was all about and then God appeared to him. God didn’t tap him on the shoulder and say Moses come over here a minute I have ought to say unto thee. He sent an invitation via the bush and the angel of the Lord and waited to see if Moses would R.S.V.P.
Exodus 24:18 And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. (KJV)
No five-minute devotion for Moses. Daniel fasted for three weeks to get an answer to his prayer. (Dan 10:3)
Exodus 34:27-30
27 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel.
28 And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
29 And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.
30 And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. (KJV)
Like the moon reflects the light of the sun so Moses’ face reflected the light of God’s Son
Gal 1:11-12
11 But I certify you brethren that the gospel, which was preached of me is not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (KJV)
Oh that we might have more men who got their message from God and not men. Men who get their theology from Deity or Theos and not from seminaries that are more like cemeteries.
Gal 1:15-18
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them, which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. (KJV)
Paul was three years in Arabia conferring with God not the Apostles or any Th.Ds.. Knowledge puffs up but wisdom comes from God and the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
Elisha would not be deterred from getting what Elijah had though Elijah tried to leave him at Gilgal.
II Kings 2:2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. (KJV)
Elijah tried to leave him at Bethel and Jericho as well when he went to cross over Jordan to be taken away.
II Kings 2:9-11
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (KJV)
Spending time with God (worship), serving Him and being with a godly man (fellowship and discipleship) got Elisha what he wanted and needed.
John 15:4-7
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth
much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. (KJV)
Again, like the moon that has no light of its own we do not have any light except what we reflect from the Son.
Eph 5:15-17
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. (KJV)
Col 4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. (KJV)
Everyone says they want to know the will of the Lord, here it is. Buy back the time.
Heb 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. (KJV)
There is to be more time spent in exhortation and fellowship and service as ye say the day of His appearing nearing.
Ps 122:1 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. (KJV)
Too many Christians would say "I was mad or sad when…" and make excuses as runny and stinky as a baby’s diaper and change them faster!
Too much is lost by neglect.
Proverbs 24:30-34
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. (KJV)
1 Timothy 4:14-15
14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. (KJV)
Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; (KJV)
If I say I love my spouse but I spend more time with other women than with her would she believe me? God is our husband and if we spend more time with this world than we do with Him and then can we say love Him. Remember many will say in the last day and Jesus will send them away. If you say "I do" it better be true or you sure will be blue!
Luke 6:46-49
46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things, which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. (KJV)
Too many of your houses are in ruins because of your neglect of spending time with God and His people. Some of you are not even on the foundation of Christ and great will be your ruin! Your house will literally go to Hell!
Preacher should we be in church everyday? It worked for the 1st Century Christians. They turned the world upside down and we spend our lives upside down so maybe a return to meeting daily would be good for the world and us.
Unsaved friend, meet Him today and spend time with Him here and for eternity or else you will only meet Him for a short time as Judge and then be separated from Him forever as you do time in Hell.
