Timeless and Timely

In reflecting on the life of King David, the Apostle Paul referred to him as a man who "served the purpose of God in his own generation" (Acts 13:36). Since we know that David was a man after God's own heart, it makes sense that we as God's men should follow his example. To effectively serve Him, we need to embrace the notion of timeless and timely.

God purpose is eternal and timeless. His purpose remains unchanged since the beginning of time. His desire is for us to know Him, to have intimate fellowship with Him and to tell others of his love for them. In his own generation means we are to be contemporary and timely. We need to reach others and relate to people as they live right now. Abandon your comfort zone. When you read of Christ's earthly ministry in the Gospels, he didn't just hang out in the temple and wait for people to find him. He went out and met human need with divine resources.

Eternal and timeless means the truth of God's Word is still the truth---yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever. We should never compromise the truth in the hopes of reaching the lost but rather share and show how God's love has changed us from the inside out. Contemporary and timely means right here, right now. Thankfully, we don't have to carve out the message on stone tablets! We can embrace available technology and share biblical truth with our Facebook friends and send messages of hope and encouragement. When God promised that his Word would never return empty (Isaiah 55:11), he didn't put any conditions on how it needed to be delivered.

To be great at the Great Commandment (Mark 12:30-31) demands that we be timeless and timely. To view where He has placed us as our personal mission field. To be men after God's heart. Like David. In our generation.