We continue on our TIME study series.
How do we manage our time well that will enable us get the best out of it? We will be studying three biblical ways on how to manage our time.
PURPOSE
First, in order to manage time well, we must know our PURPOSE. St. Paul stated it well in Ephesians 4:15: ” . . . we will in all things grow up into him who is the head, that is Christ.” So, our purpose is to become mature in Christ. How do we do that? By receiving his salvation, being useful in his service, and becoming Christ-like in character.
Our culture disagrees. Most folks believe that their main purpose is to be happy and/or successful, to grab for all the gusto they can, since they only go around once. But we Christians know we are not on this earth primarily for “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” wonderful as those things are. Maturity in Christ is our goal.
Now, maturity is one of those things that cannot be hurried. It takes time. I have no use for tomatoes this time of year because most of them were picked long before they were ripe, so that they wouldn’t bruise during shipping. Then before they were sold, they were sprayed with carbon dioxide to turn them red. Eating those gassed tomatoes is sort of like chewing on a sponge. Maturity in tomatoes and people cannot be hurried.
When you don't have a purpose (or know your purpose), you are wasting time. A purposeless time is a wasted time. We make the best use of our time when there is a purpose for which we can spend that time. No two teams play football for 90minutes without the purpose to win the game because it will be a wasted 90minutes.
When you are purposeful with your time, you understand the importance of time , Instead of you rushing or wasting your time, you are busy doing what should be done. Maturity takes time but because it's is purposeful, it is a time well used.
Our major purpose of time is to serve God, when serving God is a struggle, your time is wasting. We could have time to go clubbing, time for social media, time for frivolities but little or no time for God.
Bruce Wilkinson, author of “The Prayer of Jabez” and “Secrets of the Vine,” says this: “God doesn’t want you to do more for him. He wants you to be more for him.”
We continue on the second Time Management Principles tomorrow...
Till then, do have a wonderful weekend...
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