Tonight at midweek, W taught a message about
Chronos time versus
Chiros time. These are Greek words, by the way, and the concept is theological.
Chronos is human time, counted in minutes and seconds, while
Chiros is "God's time," counted (or not) in value and quality.
Mark 1.15
15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!”
The world would never be the same. Jesus was starting His ministry.
Mark 1.16-20
16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 17 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 18 At once they left their nets and followed him.
19 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. 20 Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
It was a life changing moment for the men whom Jesus called to be His apostles. They dropped their nets, left their jobs, and followed Him to become fishers of men.
Luke 19.1-10
1 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.” 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Zaccheus' life was changed in a moment. He was a grown man, a rich man, and
he climbed a tree to see Jesus because he was so short. (side note: what will you do to see/spend time with Jesus?)
Mark 10.46-52
46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”
So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” 50 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus.
51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him.
The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”
52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.
Bartimaeus' faith and action led to his healing.
Mark 2.-1-12
1 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. 3 Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them. 4 Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6 Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
8 Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? 9 Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
When was my last chiros moment in a chronos world? When was your last chiros moment in a chronos world?
Opportunities for chiros moments are all around us. We just need to put our faith into action and God will bless us with chronos moments and experiences.
Chiros moments come from decisive acts of faith, getting out of your comfort zone.
How can I overcome my limitations so that I can put my faith into action? How can you overcome your limitations so that you can put your faith into action?
Faith + action = chiros
And the really exciting thing is that, your chiros moments are likely to change not just your life but someone else's life too!! That is how God operates!!
Getting my walker...is that a chronos event for me? I think so! It allows me to get out, go places, and meet people! Safely and securely, without the fear of falling! Only God knows who He has in store for me to affect with my life or who might affect my life in a life-changing way.
James 2.14-24
14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.
18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.
20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless[d]? 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,”[e] and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
WHAT TIME IS IT???
I had a brutal day today when it comes to what I ate. No breakfast and no lunch. I'm not sure why I skipped those meals. I was aware of it, but I was not motivated to eat. :(
What I have eaten today:
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Poppy seed chicken casserole and 1 piece choc cake with vanilla icing
(that cake is hubby's favourite and it is his birthday today)
PLUS
3 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate
Leg extensions-At least 2 sets per day, 10 reps each leg
Bridges-At least 2 sets per day, 5 reps
1-11:28 am
2-3:11 pm
3-9:35 pm
Toodles!
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