MAXIMIZE YOUR MOMENT

How to Get the Most Use Out of Your Life

Ephesians 5: 6-20NLT ¹⁰ Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. ¹¹ Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. ¹² It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. ¹³ But their evil intentions will be exposed when the light shines on them, ¹⁴ for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.” ¹⁵ So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. ¹⁶ Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days [ethically wicked]. ¹⁷ Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

James 4: 13-17, ¹³ Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” ¹⁴ How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. ¹⁵ What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.” ¹⁶ Otherwise, you are boasting about your own pretentious plans, and all such boasting is evil. ¹⁷ Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.

Ecc. 9: 10, Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.

Romans 12: 6-8, In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. ⁷If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. ⁸ If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

Maximize – 1). to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree; 2). to represent at the highest possible estimate; magnify

Moment - a definite period or stage, as in a course of events; juncture:

5 Spiritual Strategies that can help you maximize your moments

1.     Learn to work with the Holy Spirit

1Co 3:9NIV -  ⁹ For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.  ¹⁰ By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. ¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.

2.      Remain in Christ and allow fruit to produce

John 15:16 ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

3.     Delight and have pleasure in the Lord

Psalms 1:1-3, Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers.

4.      Know your season and time

2Eccl 3:1 To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. Preach the word of God. 2 Tim 4:2, Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching.

5.     Remain Salty!

Mat. 5: 13 NLT, “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.

Characteristics Of A Person Who Maximizes Their Moments

·         Committed – 2Chron. 19:9, These were his instructions to them [Levites, priest & leaders]: “You must always act in the fear of the LORD, with faithfulness and an undivided heart.

·         Communicates – Psa. 37:30, The godly offer good counsel; they teach right from wrong.

·         Right Priority – Mat. 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

·         Good Understanding – 1Kings 3: 9, [Solomon prayed], Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”

·         Wise – Eccl. 7: 2, Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves those who have it.

·         Excellent – Dan. 6: 3, Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.