Psalm 90: 12
‘Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. . .”
Time spent cannot be gotten back. I heard someone say once that while some people spend time, others invest time. Both are very different. An investment promises a yield, an ideally better reward than what was invested. An expenditure is just that, an expenditure.
Time spent is gone. But time invested though gone, returns a reward to us. What better reward can we desire than that which counts for us in eternity.
This has been the cry of my heart for the past few days. Lord, open my eyes. At the start of a new day, I’m asking God to help me spend my time on things that have eternal significance, on things that will count even in eternity, and not just squander it away on worthless and vain things. The devil loves to distract us with things that don’t matter. He loves to have us take our eyes off our Father and the things that matter to Him.
So now, I’m asking the Lord to help me be accountable with every second of my day. To teach me to plug the leaks, to notice when and how I waste time, that I may make the necessary adjustments.
It’s definitely not a one day journey, for many times I disappoint my self. Thank God for His grace is sufficient. A great part of my day is spent serving my family in mundane tasks like doing the dishes and picking up after the children. These sound very ordinary so what do they have to do with eternity?
Well, as I serve the people in the my family, at work or any other capacity as though I were serving the Lord, I am bringing glory and honour to God and showing good example. God gives us grace to continue to shine as lights for Him everywhere we find ourselves. God is pleased, and the time spent serving is definitely not wasted, but invested.
So join me in praying this today and always: Lord, may everything I do today be of eternal significance. May all I hold dear be the things that are dear to You.
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