You cannot add a single hour to your life… Luke 12:22-26
Do we view our time as a grace given? As an act of God‘s mercy? As a measure of His kindness expressed in patience and tolerance? As He longs for us to walk beside him to be used by him, but, also that he may bring us home when we’re no longer effective.
There is a recurring theme throughout scripture about the shortness of our lives, shortness of our days.
James 4:13-17 “You are but a mist…”
Psalm 103:13-18 My days are numbered
I am dust…
I am like a flower in a field, here today, gone tomorrow
So, Lord, show me the number of my days that I might apply wisdom…
Psalm 39:4-5 4“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. 5You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure.
Psalm 90:12 “each us to number our days,that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
2Chronicles 1:7-13 (James 1:5)
Managing time wisely, using it to build wisdom, recognizing the limits of time, my being finite, having an end of life, I must ask myself: “How do I see “my time” manage my time? Realizing that time is our most scarce commodity, how do I invest it?
Being ready to MAKE THE MOST of every opportunity – the time is short.
Being under the influence of the Holy Spirit –
Ephesians 5:15-20
Walk in step with Him and not this world or my flesh’s desire for this world.
Galatians 5:13-26
Time, seeing it as a grace given to honor God and others with compels us to manage it well, with the wisdom God provides – when we are wise enough, humble enough, to ask.
