Over the years I have often written about spending time seeking the Lord on a daily basis. I hear a host of reasons people say they can not do that. Most citing they simply do not have the time. Time is a valuable commodity and it seems our world today spins at a faster pace than the world of our grandparents though we have the same 24 hours in each day they had.
Time is a valuable commodity:
The price of time goes up with every activity you add to your day but the value of that time can be lessened until it is lost altogether when you focus more on quantity of activities than you do quality of time. You can squeeze a lot into your day but you can not add time. Some people seem to find their self-worth in how much they can accomplish, feeling like they must peddle faster and faster so they feel they are doing something and not wasting time.
Other people seem to make a competition out of how packed their schedules are as if vying for the prize and bragging rights to the title of Most Jammed Packed Schedule. It does not take long to listen to people rattling off a litany of responsibilities and activities they have before them. They are feeling overwhelmed by the load yet, in some cases, are bringing their children up with this mentality and molding the next generations to fall in to the same trap of believing in their own busyness rather than looking to God.
Time is a valuable commodity:
Mankind and our need for frenzied activity only subtract the time allotted to us. Everyday we take away 24 hours of our live on earth and spend it. It is what we have chosen to spend it on that determines the value of the time spent.
Seriously, will the world stop on its axis if your child does not participate in every sport available? Will the PTO crumble into dust if YOU are not involved? Does world peace hinge on your hectic schedule that is stretched to the point of snapping? No, not one of those questions can be answered with ‘Yes’ but they can be with a resounding ‘NO!’
It seems to me that we tend to protect, preserve and insure the things we consider valuable in our lives (homes, cars, jewelry, etc)……except our time.
Time is a valuable commodity:
If you are part of a church congregation you know there are a handful of people who have given a lot of their time to the mechanics of keeping things running at the church. Most people pop in on Sundays, some more so when food is involved, some unable to command their time enough to arrive there on time; the rest of the week their time is all about themselves and the world in which their time is spent.
Is it possible they subconsciously think their world is more worthy of their valuable time than that given to seek and serve God? People make time for that which they deem worthy and important. It may be, People, that some of our ‘important stuff’ we spend our time on my have to be left undone if that is what it takes to reserve, preserve and insure time to be spent with God. Our personal spiritual health and growth is dependent on time spent with God. When I stand before the Lord I want to hear, “Welcome, old friend!” I want my voice to be familiar as one that sought Him daily.
The dust in my house will matter not; money in my bank will not be counted but my time is multiplied when I spend it regularly with Him rather than depositing my time in the Bank of Worldly Pursuits.
Time is valuable….spend it wisely!
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