Valuing Time

Time management: how to best and most effectively use time.  Time is, simply put, the most valuable resource anyone has.  There is nothing more priceless than time.  In a very real way, time is the most ephemeral thing in all existence.  It is fleeting by each passing second and as time courses along, moments are lost forever never to return again.  Time.

Paul understands times inherent value and asserts that its passage should never be taken lightly (Eph. 5:15-17).  Time should alway be understood for its intrinsic value and because it is a resource that is entirely dependent on the Lord.  He gives us our time, it is our responsibility to use it properly.

Moreover, once a single moment of time passes, it can never be gotten back.  There is an absolute value of time.  This is a sobering affirmation.  Time cannot be purchased or bought, and it cannot be hoarded or saved for a later occasion.  Every second, for every single person, time passes and time is used.  Although we ascend to the truth that time cannot be purchased and it cannot be stockpiled for later use, time can be wasted.

Wasting time is an extremely real threat.  We are all culpable for every second that the Lord has blessed us with.  The Lord has given us time to be used to give Him glory.  If we are not striving, pursuing Him, we are wasting time.  This is a tragedy, an utter travesty that should be avoided at all cost.  Because we cannot get more time than we have, we should make every possible effort to use our time to its utmost.

Among other things, godly wisdom is based on two things: the fear of God and time management.  Fearing God is the basis for all wisdom; understanding the transient nature of time is the intuitive progression.  Once we see God in His holiness and awesomeness, we will naturally be drawn to use our time to praise and glorify Him.  This is wisdom at its best.

God is gracious in giving us time but He does desire us to use that time for His purpose and for His glory.  This is a serious challenge.  In our world of fragmentation and constant worldly distraction, it takes a serious amount of discipline to keep our focus fixed on Christ.  But, oh what a beautiful task?! Praise be to God for His grace and for His love!  This means, praise Him for the time He has given!