In order to be successful from God’s perspective, we must seize the moment when the opportunity is given to us by God. Rather I am ultimately talking about success in terms of God’s perspective. Of course, I am not just talking about being successful in the monetary sense. There is no successful person, who does not seize the moment when the opportunity is given. However, he wanted to say ‘goodbye’ to his family first and then follow Jesus.īoth of these people failed to seize the moment when the opportunities were given to follow Jesus.īy doing that, they missed the chance to become Jesus’ disciples.
This time the person volunteered to follow Jesus. He did not seize the moment when the opportunity was given.Ħ1 Still another said, “I will follow you, Lord but first let me go back and say goodbye to my family.” 62 Jesus replied, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” However, the man wanted to go and bury his father and then follow Jesus. Jesus met a man and He told this person to follow Him. 59-62).ĥ9 He said to another man, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” We must not lose opportunities to be successful (vv. In the passage that we read today, Jesus taught us these dangers of not seizing the moment when the opportunities are given. What are some dangers of not seizing the moment when the opportunity is given? Therefore, what does the Bible say about our tendency to postpone? We have a theological term for that: Saturday Night Express. Pastors write Sunday sermons on Saturday nights. Workers stay up all night to finish the project at the last moment. Students do their homework at the last minute. What if you received Jesus as your Savior when you were younger? What if you bought that stock before it went up? It is a thief that robs us of opportunity and chance to make eternal differences.Ĭan you imagine what your life could have been if you did not delay when the opportunity was given? This word keeps us from coming to Jesus and discovering the abundant life that God wants us to have. When he came around to the Bible’s most dangerous word, he identified it as “later.” He wanted to find the saddest word, the happiest word, the most emotional word, and so on. Last week, we thought about using our time wisely.Īnd today, we will think about seizing the moment.Ī scholar once surveyed the Bible to discover the most significant words in the Bible. In order to do that, two weeks ago, we thought about having a clear mission in life.
We only live once, therefore, we must live our one and only life meaningfully. We are currently going through the message series: YOLO.
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