Using Your Time For God: Day One

Using Your Time For God: Day One
(Ephesians 5:15-16, Psalms 31:15, 1 Corinthians 7:29)

When we’re young we go out of our way to make the most of the time we have. When I was a kid I played as hard as I could because that was what was important to me. Today’s devotional talked about how, as a young student the author’s (R.C. Sproul) favorite classes were gym and recess (mine, too) because he loved playing so much. When I was there, in that time, I would get mad if anyone tried to take me away from my play time. Even when my mom would call me in to eat, I would be mad because I was having a good time playing.

I say, now, that God is the most important thing in my life, but do I treat my time with Him with as much zeal as I used to show toward my play time? Do I rush home from work so that I can open up my Bible and see what He has in store for me? Do I spend my entire breaks in prayer so I can better learn the voice of the Father?

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Too often I spend my free time on the couch, in front of the TV. Sure, more often than not, I’m watching a teaching of some sort, but I’m not spending time with God. If anything, I’m spending time looking at Him.

It’s time to draw closer. It’s time to thirst for Living Water. It’s time to be what I’m intended to be.

Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of the time because the days are evil.
-Ephesians 5:15-16

Am I making wise decisions? The day is evil, all the day long, so what can I do to redeem the time I spend? Can I practice showing love, even when I don’t necessarily feel it toward those around me? Too often I default to sarcasm and derision. I need to practice showing love so that it can become my default.

My times are in Your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
-Psalm 31:15

If I can sacrifice my time to God, He can use it better than I can. I can try to run it as best as I know how, but it’s gonna be put to so much better use if I give it to God. Only God can deliver me from my enemies. If I try to deliver myself, I usually just find that I’ve walked right into their midst. So why bother wasting my time and energy, just give it to God to begin with…

But I say this, brothers: the time is shortened, that from now on even those who have wives should be as if they do not have wives
-1 Corinthians 7:29

God, and our service to Him, should be the most important thing in our life. This verse isn’t saying to ignore the vows we’ve made, but that we should honor those vows by first honoring the vow that we made with God when we gave our life to Him. Time is short, make the most of it!