David Macdonald - January 2, 2022 - a podcast by NBC Podium

Walking our Way through 2022

Some Predictions for 2020:
# of surveillance cameras in the world > 1billion. All but a fraction of the outdoor spaces in most cities - recorded on video.
The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint will survive court scrutiny.
Russia expected to annex its longtime ally Belarus.
The highest grossing film of the year will be Warner Brothers’ “Wonder Woman 1984
The New England Patriots will win Super Bowl LIV in February.
The U.S. stock market will continue to rise through the first half of the year
The Montreal Canadians nor the Chicago Blackhawks will be in the Stanley Cup Finals
The US election will be close to a tie – winner unknown

Predictions – Accurate – Not Accurate

Accurate
1987 – Apple predicted the iPhone
Camera in front + phone capability
Voice command to search the internet (internet didn’t exist)
1900 – John Elfreth Watkins predicted that within 100 years:
Digital colour photography
News from wars would be transmitted within hours of events and seen by all
Americans would be 2 inches taller
Wireless mobile phones would span the world
Not so accurate
1967 – by 2000 – technology would take over
22 hour work week – 27 work weeks per year
So much leisure time we wouldn’t know what to do with ourselves

Walking in Ephesians
Chapters 1-3 are about who they are in Christ—the wealth of the believer – SIT
Chapters 4-5 are about how they ought to live for Christ—the walk of the believer, the lifestyle – WALK
Walk in humility – 4:2
Walk in unity – 4:3
Walk in uniqueness—different from the world – 4:17-31
Walk in love 5:2
Walk in light 5:8 – 9
Walk in wisdom 5:15 – 17
Ephesians 5:15-17 NASB

Walk Carefully – “circumspectly”
Eph 5:15 NASB Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise

Exactness – with precision
Looking around – “both ways”
Watch for messy obstacles
Measure each step

Walk Carefully – wisely
Eph 5:15 NASB Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise
Wisdom = the application of knowledge
Knowledge increasing – hmmm? Wisdom??
Dan 12:4 "But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.“
(Psalm 14:1) The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God.“
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:6
2 Peter 3:18 – grow in grace and knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ

Watch Faithfully – Redeeming the Time
Eph 5:16 NASB making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

Governed by time
Life is short
Making your time count
Redeeming (NKJV)
Buy back
Marketplace
Make profitable
Choices we make – how will you spend it?
MOST IMPORTANT – you might not have another day!
Eternity – where?
James 4:14 NKJV whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.
The days are evil – do not focus on this world
Airport

Work Thoughtfully – Understanding His will
Eph 5:17 NASB So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
“For we walk by faith not by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7)

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