The bad news is time flies. There’s not enough time in the day to get things done that you really want to do. You have to work, you have household duties, you have to get groceries, you have to rush here and there. There’s just not enough time to do what you want to do.
Now there is an adage that says “time flies when you are having fun.” Time seems to run out when you are enjoying yourself at an event, when you are having the best time of your life with your favorite person or your “ace coon boom.”
Do you remember when you first accepted the Lord and all you could do was to eat sleep and drink Jesus? You wanted to spend all your time in the Word of God and time sped by all too quickly. The clock showed hours passing by swiftly as you couldn’t get enough of your Savior and Lord. Time seemed to move like the speed of light. So, what happened?
You forgot who the pilot was. News Flash just in!! You are the pilot. You’re the navigator of your time allotments. A common year is 365 days = 8,760 hours = 525,600 minutes = 31,536,000 seconds. How will you spend these precious interim periods in your life? Your season is here. Let’s get started.
Each year we all start out again at the stroke of midnight on December 31st. At this time of the year we resolve to spend our time more wisely than the year before. For the first couple of months, you tend to do okay. Depending on your location the weather could aid or defeat your goal. If it’s cold you may stay in more and work on the things you set out to accomplish. In warmer climates you may want to go outside and play and leave your life work behind. Either way you divvy the time into slots of activity. You determine who you are going to be by spending the time to perfect you.
Becoming a scholar means spending time in your studies. Being a swimmer requires many hours conditioning and swimming laps. Being a good Christian means spending time with God. Wherever you spend the most time dictates who you are. Only you can pilot your time slots and where your time is spent.
Whether your time stands still or creeps in a slow pace, only you can guide the big an small hands of the mechanical device that governs a period during which your actions or processes exists. Steer your time in the direction that redeems the time you have.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 exemplifies time when it states, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.”
Invite God to be your co-pilot as you navigate through the cycle of life.
SPW
01-18-09
