Every human is limited to time. We all know that nobody will live forever and that means we all have a specific time that we will live on earth. The truth is that if every man knows the length of the time on earth, he still would not be satisfied with it and will definitely want more. Even if he manage to get his life span extended to double of what it was, he would still want more. In other words TIME is never enough for us. But I tell you today that time is always more than enough for us, if not to do everything we want, then to do the most important things. And as Christians, the first priority of these important things, will be to seek God diligently while we are still here on earth. This way, we can perfectly use our time wisely.
TIME MANAGEMENT
Knowing that we all don't have the same life span, and that our life span which differs for each person is measured in the same way. That is seconds, minutes hours, days, weeks, months and years. We then have a point where we have equal measure of time with other persons but different resource added to it. That means the way we spend it is very important. For instance, a man of high class in any society has more resources than a common man. He can achieve many more things on earth easily faster than a common man can. This because of the resources he is privileged to have. But the inequality turns to equality when it comes to seeking and serving God. So no matter what way we chase prosperity on earth, it shouldn't be our priority because we were clearly instructed by God in the Bible that we should seek him first before any other thing.
"Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need".
Matthew 6:33 (NLV)
This means that the best way for a Christian to manage time is to plan a life around the priority to seek and serve God.
PLANNING
Time is a tool God created for us to mark the steps by which we progress in life. But mind you He is not in any way a subject to time. He existed before time and the way we view time is different from the we He does. But He does things at the perfect and right time.
"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day".
2 Peter 3:8 (NIV)
"Good people pass away; the godly often die before their time. But no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come".
Isaiah 57:1(NLV)
That means as we are his representatives on earth with limited time, we should do the right things at the right time. Thus we need to plan well. There is a saying that "those who fail to plan, plan to fail". This is true because the best way to manage time is to plan beforehand how you want to spend it. So planning is as equally important when it come to perfect use of time or time management.
ACT WITH TIME
All the plan we may have will come to nothing when we don't act it. It is true that things may not go according to plan, but that should not be a hindrance to us to continue to act according to our plans. The important use of time is seen in our actions. Let us plan well and act well to give it meaning.
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