Are you busy?

Are you busy? When you hear this question, I am sure many of you will say “Yes” and with good reason. Some of you are at work and your time is not your own. But what about your time after work? Will you still be “busy”? It seems we never have enough time to finish the things we want to finish or in some cases the things we have to finish.

What is the reason we are so busy? Some of you are busy because you like to be busy. You fill your time with the next project without even thinking if it is necessary. And others of you will fill your time with more relaxing things like reading or watching television.

Who is using their time most wisely? Well that question does not have a clear answer, although as you read this, I am sure you will have your own opinions of the best use of time based on your own beliefs or personality. And that is the point I want to make today. You can not trust your own opinion based on your personality. You may say to me “why not? It’s my time”, but is it? Whose time is it really? If you have taken a biblical financial class, you have learned that your money is not your own and that you need to seek God on every financial decision, because He has entrusted it to you safe keeping. So why not our time? It is true that everything we have been given has been given to us by God, so then why does it seem that we know these things but do not live like we believe them?

So I challenge you today and for days to come to ask God, “What is the best use of my time?” Don’t be busy just to be busy.

Psalms 46:10a Be still and know that I am God

Invest your time, talent and treasures as though they were not your own. Honor God and ask Him to help you when you plan your day. And always be willing to change your plan if His spirit moves you.

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