“A Life Well Managed”
2 Tim 4:6-8
Communion Sermon
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
A Life Well Managed
Does not
1. Presume on Life to Tightly
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near
31 do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:31-34
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes James 4:14
2. Pick your Battles Thoughtfully
7I have fought the good fight (Beautiful Fight)
Timothy, my son, I am giving you this command in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by recalling them you may fight the battle well, 19holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith 1 Tim. 1:18-19
3. Press on Believing Totally
I have finished the race,
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” Gal. 6:9
4. Push your Faith Thoroughly
I have kept the faith
20 But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Jude 1:20-21
5. Prepare to be Rewarded for your Testimony
8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ. Hebrews 3:14
