Using Your Time For God: Day Two

Using Your Time For God: Day Two
(Psalms 89:47, Hosea 10:12, Mark 13:33)

Everyone starts each day with the exact same amount of time. The thing that separates us is how we use that time. On the days that I’m working I could probably us my time better but, for the most part, my day is scheduled in a manner that I really can’t deviate all that much from the overall plan for the day. Sure, there are pieces of it that I can swap around, and there are pieces of it that (if I feel that it would be a better use of my time) I can throw out altogether. But, all things considered, my workdays use time wisely.

Now, my days off are an entirely different story! And this is actually something that I’ve been trying to work on as of late. My typical day off is spent on my couch, relaxing. I’d like to say that I do this because I get so worn out during my days of work that I need to take the days of no work to relax and recharge. This may even be a little bit true. But there’s so much more that I could be doing.

More and more I question what I’m doing with my time and what more I could be doing. Even on my workdays, I could better use the time before or after work, but I may as well focus on the days off, when I have the most “free” time to work with. Instead of watching that TV show, couldn’t I be reading the Bible? Instead of taking that nap, couldn’t I be spending time in prayer? Why have I separated relaxing and edifying my spirit? Why can’t they be the same thing?

I don’t want to sell myself short, a lot of the time when I’m relaxing on the couch “watching TV” I am actually watching different Biblical teachings. So maybe I haven’t completely separated relaxing from edifying my spirit. But I still feel that there’s more that I could be doing. This is something that I plan on working on over the next few weeks (and probably over the course of the rest of my life). Do I use the time I have in the best way possible?

I started out by saying that we’re all given the exact same amount of time in each day; my quest is to find the best use of every minute. Maybe sometimes the best use will be to take a nap. But that’s probably not nearly as much as I’d like to think…

Remember what my lifespans is. Remember for what vanity you have created all the children of humankind.
-Psalm 89:47

God knows how long our lifespan is going to be, but we don’t. We should probably make the best of what time we have.

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap loyal love. Break up for yourself fallow ground; it is time to seek Yahweh so He will come and rain righteousness upon you.
-Hosea 10:12

If the time that we spend is used seeking God, the time that we find in the future will be more loving and constructive. If we seek righteousness, that is what He will give us.

Watch out! Be alert, because you do not know when the time is!
-Mark 13:33

Today could be the day that your time runs out. Have you done everything you can to do the things you want to do?