We all have the same amount of it. Some of us wish we had a bit more of it. Some of us fritter it away and wish we had it back. Time is one of those precious commodities there is only so much of. God has given many gifts to us. One of those gifts is time. And for those of us who have had our eyes graciously opened by the gospel so that we have new hearts and therefore a new perspective on life, we now long to be good stewards of our time. Or do we?
Often we can be so busy with life that we don’t take the time to think about time and how we use it. We don’t master it, it ends up mastering us. The Bible has much to say about how we are to use our time and what our priorities should be. The Old Testament wisdom book of Ecclesiastes (chapter 3) tells us there is a time for everything. God is not a stingy God telling us we can’t enjoy the good things in life. He is a generous God who lavishes us with good gifts. But God is also intimating in that passage that there is an appropriate time for every activity.
When it comes to having a big picture perspective on time, stepping back and asking what is really important, few passages are more helpful to the Christian than what the apostle Paul says in Ephesians 5. [continue reading…]
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