A Time to Throw Away

A Time...

for everything

be be born

to search

to plant

to weep

to heal

to build

to uproot

to love

to throw away

to speak

to die

for peace

conclusion

A time...

.....to throw away...


So many things that once seemed valuable are later found to be worthless - things that we struggled for, planned for, saved for, are one day thrown away as rubbish. True wealth, says Jesus, is not material things, but the riches of a good character. They are not in a safe, or a bank, but stored with God, where they will never tarnish, never devalue, never be thrown away.
Thus Paul wrote:

"Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us" Hebrews 12v1

"...I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ..." Philippians 3v8

Notes for "a time to throw away"

Isa 40:6-8
James 1:10-11

Life is precious - time is short.

Prov 23:4-5
Eccl 2:10-11
1 Tim 6:6-10

We need to define what in our life is worthwhile and what is worthless, which goals are worth pursuing and which are not, otherwise our time and efforts will be wasted.

Job 1:20-21
Deut 8:17-18
Acts 14:17
4:34-35

Material things are a gift from God. They are only of real value when dedicated to God's service.

Matt 6:24

We cannot pursue material gain and the service of God - the two goals are incompatible.

Matt 19:24
Luke 12:16-21
Prov 30:7-9
Matt 18:8-9
Heb 12:1

Wealth is more likely to be a distraction and impediment to our spiritual life than a help. We need to clear our lives of unnecessary distractions in order to truly serve God.

Eccl 5:10-17

A life that is entirely focussed on material things brings no real happiness, satisfaction or security.