Sermon || Pastor Sifiso Twala || Mind your Time and Space

Devotional

Day 1: Crossing over with purpose, not just noise

A new year awakens hope, but hope needs direction. You did not cross into this year to admire the storm you survived; you crossed because there is destiny on the other side. God is not a liar, so if His promises seem delayed, the invitation is to align your steps with His purpose. Let this year be more than a calendar change—make it a response to a clear call. Ask, “Why am I here now?” and move toward that answer with faith. Storms only confirm there is something worth reaching. [12:16]

Mark 4:35–41
At the close of the day, Jesus invited His followers to cross to the far shore. A violent wind rose and waves beat their boat, yet He stood and spoke to the chaos, and it quieted. Then He asked why fear had overruled faith. In awe, they wondered who He was, that even wind and sea took orders from Him—reminding them the goal was the other side, not the storm.

Reflection: What specific “other side” do you sense God brought you into this year for, and what first step will you take this week to move toward it?

Day 2: Time—God’s first gift for becoming

Time began when God separated light from darkness and called it day and night. He lives beyond time, yet He placed you within it so you can grow in doses—learning, healing, and beginning again. Your use of time quietly reveals what you truly value. Every day spent is a day closer to your finish line, so let your schedule serve your calling, not steal it. Steward the hours and you will steward your destiny. [18:21]

Genesis 1:3–5
God spoke, “Let light be,” and light arrived. Seeing its goodness, He distinguished light from darkness, naming one “day” and the other “night.” Evening and morning marked the first measured day—time taking shape for life to unfold within it.

Reflection: Looking at your typical week, where is time being lost to lesser things, and what one boundary will you set to protect an hour for what matters most?

Day 3: Space—find your land of fruitfulness

God not only gave you time; He also gives you a place. Adam’s assignment was tied to a garden, and your impact is likewise connected to a particular field where your grace and gifting flourish. The same seed bears different results on different soil; the same bottle carries different value in different locations. While honoring present responsibilities, keep searching and asking God to show you your land. In the right space, your work turns into value and your peace grows. [52:19]

Genesis 2:8, 15
The Lord planted a garden in Eden and set the man there. He placed him within that space to cultivate and watch over it—purpose joined to a particular ground.

Reflection: Where do you consistently sense grace, joy, and effectiveness coming together, and what small experiment could you try this month to test if that is your “land”?

Day 4: Becoming before getting—subdue by growing within

God blessed humanity to be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and bring it under wise rule. That blessing calls you to become before you gather—to grow into the kind of person who can carry what you seek. Like the prodigal who moved from “give me” to “make me,” doors open naturally when you have become the kind of steward those doors require. There is a process before an appearing; even John and Jesus waited until their appointed time. Aim this year at formation—character, skill, and wisdom—so what comes to you can stay. [23:57]

Genesis 1:26–28
God resolved to make humans reflecting His image and likeness, and He entrusted them with authority over creation. He blessed them and charged them to bear fruit, increase, fill the earth, and bring it into order—living as His representatives who shape the world under His guidance.

Reflection: Which single character trait or skill, if developed over the next 90 days, would most prepare you to carry the next level of responsibility God is entrusting to you?

Day 5: Work while it is day and finish well

There is a window called “day,” and within it God invites you to do His works. Night comes when no more work can be done, so do not camp in yesterday’s failures or successes—sow in the morning and again in the evening, and trust God with which seed sprouts. Move from working merely for money to offering the value God formed in you; seasons will follow: appearing, impact, and giving back. If you have not begun with Jesus, begin now—open your spiritual account and let grace rewrite your time. Live so you can one day say, “I have finished my race,” with a full heart. [49:22]

John 9:3–4
Jesus explained that the blindness wasn’t a punishment but a stage for God’s work to be seen. He added, “We must do the mission of the One who sent Me while daylight lasts; darkness is coming when work will cease.”

Reflection: What is one concrete, good work that clearly belongs in your “day” right now—and who will be served by you doing it this week?

Sermon Summary

Every January carries more than a new calendar; it carries renewed hope—and the sober reminder that God is not a liar. If long-declared promises still seem distant, the call is not to blame heaven but to reassess stewardship on earth. Impact in any year is not measured by noise, storms, or slogans; it is measured by movement toward God’s purpose. Crossing over matters because there is a “why” on the other side.

From Genesis 1, a pattern emerges: first light, and with it time; then land, and with it space. God lives outside time, yet He gave time to humanity as a gift—so life could be lived in doses. Time makes failure non-final and success non-idolatrous. It gives room to learn, grow, acquire wisdom, and refuse both shame and complacency. A year is simply your seconds gathered into a single measure; to waste time is to waste life. The use of time unmasks what and who truly matter.

A sober audit follows. Natural birth starts your earthly clock; salvation starts your heavenly account. Between those, God appoints seasons: processing, appearing, impact, and giving back. Not every season is for appearing. Even Christ waited for His hour. John 9 names the urgency—work while it is day; night comes when no one can work.

The call, however, is not to chase things but to become someone. Fruitfulness is about the person being formed, not the possessions acquired. Things flee the unformed and are magnetized to maturity. The prodigal’s transformation from “give me” to “make me” marks the difference between squandered opportunity and sustained capacity. Doors that once ignored you open naturally when you become.

Alongside time, God gave space. Fruitfulness is tied to the right ground. Adam was placed in a garden. Abraham prospered in a particular land. Paul flourished among the Gentiles. The same seed produces different outcomes on different soils; location raises or reduces value, like identical water priced differently by venue. Keep working to meet responsibilities—plant in the morning and at night—but keep searching for your God-assigned land. When you find that space, value flows, peace deepens, and impact multiplies.

The year ahead will not transform on its own. But if time is treated as holy grace and space is discerned with prayerful precision, destiny moves from aspiration to actuality. And it begins with salvation, the opening of the only account that counts forever.

Key Takeaways

1. Steward time as God’s grace Time was given so life could be lived in doses—where mistakes don’t become monuments and successes don’t become prisons. A year is simply your seconds collected; whatever wastes time wastes life. Audit your hours ruthlessly, because your calendar silently confesses your true priorities. Treat time as a gift that demands both gratitude and strategy. [38:06]
2. Become the person your future needs Fruitfulness is less about getting things and more about becoming the kind of person to whom things rightly come. Maturity attracts opportunities that immaturity can only temporarily hold. Shift from “give me” to “make me,” and doors will open without striving. Capacity keeps what impulse can only borrow. [23:57]
3. Find your God-assigned land The same seed bears different fruit on different ground; value rises or falls with location. Adam had a garden; Abraham was called to a particular land; Paul thrived among the Gentiles. Keep meeting your responsibilities, but keep searching for the space where your grace fits. Peace, fruitfulness, and sustained impact are tied to place. [52:19]
4. Work while it is day There is a divinely appointed window for appearing and assignment, and it won’t stay open forever. Embrace the season of process so that when your day comes, you are ready. Urgency is not panic—it is obedience to the rhythm of day and night. Refuse delay disguised as indecision. [07:22]

Youtube Chapters

[00:00] - Welcome
[01:08] - God Is Not a Liar
[04:14] - Genesis 1: Time Begins
[07:22] - John 9: Work While It’s Day
[09:08] - New Year, Renewed Hope
[12:16] - Crossing Over With Purpose
[15:39] - Key #1: Time and Space
[23:57] - Becoming, Not Just Getting
[34:00] - Time: Grace To Grow
[38:06] - Your Life Is Measured in Time
[47:48] - Milestones: Birth to Impact
[51:36] - Gift #2: Find Your Land
[56:30] - Same Seed, Different Ground
[68:10] - Invitation to Salvation

Bible Study Guide

Bible reading

- Genesis 1:1-5, 9-10

- John 9:1-4

- Genesis 1:26-28

Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Observation questions

In Genesis 1:1-5, 9-10, what two gifts become clear when God separates light from darkness and gathers the waters so that land appears?
In John 9:4, who is included in the “we,” and what specific time-window does Jesus point to for doing the work?
In Genesis 1:26-28, what commands are spoken over humanity, and which sound like identity (who to become) versus activity (what to do)?
“A year is simply the seconds of your life that are wrapped into one measure” — what does this statement reveal about how life is measured? [38:06]

Interpretation questions

If God lives outside time yet created time for humans, what does that suggest about why days and years are a grace rather than a burden? [34:55]
“Work while it is day” points to a limited window. How does that shape a person’s discernment of their season—processing, appearing, impact—and their response to delay disguised as indecision? [49:22]
How does the shift from “give me” to “make me” explain why capacity and formation matter more than getting quick opportunities? [26:53]
Why might the same “seed” produce different results on different “ground,” and how should that guide someone who is discerning their God-assigned land? [56:30]

Application questions

Time audit: Looking at the last two weeks, what did your calendar silently confess as your true priorities? What will you prune or protect this month to treat time as holy grace? [39:57]
Rhythms and rest: If eight hours of sleep a day adds up to roughly 25 years by age 75, what small, sustainable adjustment (bedtime, morning watch, screen limits) will you try for the next 30 days? [41:00]
Becoming over getting: Name one “getting” goal you’re tempted to chase and reframe it into a “becoming” goal. What daily practice will build that capacity over the next 6–8 weeks? [23:57]
Seasons: Which season best describes you right now—processing, appearing, impact, or giving back? What would faithfulness look like in that season this quarter? [47:48]
Work while it is day: Identify one assignment you’ve delayed. What first step will you take this week—before “night” comes? [07:22]
Find your land: Where have you sensed unusual peace, value, or fruit? What two experiments will you run in the next 60 days to test the “ground” for your gifts while still meeting current responsibilities? [57:35]
Salvation first: Has your “heavenly account” begun? If not, what questions or barriers keep you from receiving Jesus, and who could you talk to this week? If yes, how will you intentionally grow in that new life this month? [47:48]

Sermon Clips

But deep down in our hearts we know life is not about counting the years But it is about making the years count So the point is having years of impact So as we have crossed over into the year 2026 We need to be properly orientated as a Bazzle one So that we do not just become a number in the year 2026 But we actually make it count Because there will never be another 2026 [00:10:29] (49 seconds) #Make2026Count

maybe this is an important message at the beginning of the year god spoke over every man god said be fruitful he said multiply he said have dominion so every man with a message that says you can be fruitful the word to melo fruitful means become the greatest achievement of man is not in the things that you get but it is in the person that you become [00:23:43] (44 seconds) #BecomingNotHaving

do you get that so the highest achievement is not in getting things because until you become the person things will keep on running away from you but the day you become things will be coming after you [00:25:28] (23 seconds) #BecomeAndAttract

But when God gives you another day, he is saying you can still move from where you are. You are not a mentor that you stay in your failures. Anything that keeps you where you have stumbled and failed is not of God. Time is God's grace for you to gain and move again. And now time to move you, Baseloff. And now time to help you go past the same. [00:36:20] (29 seconds) #MovePastFailure

sometimes you look at a year as a strange thing but a year is simply the seconds of your life that are wrapped into one measure which is a year every destiny that will be actualized is the destiny that mind in time do you know what your life is measured in time right so meaning anything that wastes your time wastes your life that's why when we talk about we don't say in your life cars we don't say in your life houses but we say in your life time because the most important thing you have is time right now [00:38:16] (44 seconds) #TimeIsLife

you have not even started. So maybe if you are here, in your time, you have not received the second bet. Just know that your account is still closed. Another thing that must happen in your time is your processing. It's the preparation of your becoming. God does not use anything as not processing. I think Pastor Sartre spoke about this to cross over. That for every promise, there is a process. Any of us are praying for promises and are running away from the process. And in your time, there is a time of your appearing. [00:48:31] (52 seconds) #TrustTheProcess

Because when your time is coming, your time is coming. And now the processes of God. And that needs time. And then it's your time of impact. After your time of impact is your time of giving back. Where you are no longer the one active man. But you are now passing knowledge. Those are things that must happen in your lifetime. [00:50:26] (34 seconds) #SeasonsOfImpact

So the first gift that God gave us is a gift of time. How will you use your time to determine if you are going to reach where God has come. Every year is meant to take you closer to where God wants you. God has given us just 40 years to get where you have to go. But you are on your dead, you are still stuck in one place. Because you are using your time wrong. Anything that eats your time delays your good destiny. [00:51:03] (34 seconds) #UseYourTimeWisely

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Sermon || Pastor Sifiso Twala || Mind your Time and Space

Devotional

Day 1: Crossing over with purpose, not just noise

Day 2: Time—God’s first gift for becoming

Day 3: Space—find your land of fruitfulness

Day 4: Becoming before getting—subdue by growing within

Day 5: Work while it is day and finish well

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Sermon || Pastor Sifiso Twala || Mind your Time and Space

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