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using your time


We all have the same amount of time, but what we do with it is the question as well as the opportunity to for more.  Honestly, I am not a good manager of time, yet I see, almost daily, how God guides and flexes my time for His purposes.  


Thank God that He reminds us to allow His movement over our schedules and our time.  60 minutes in each hour.  24 hours in each day.  7 days in each week.  And 356 days in each year.  We all have time.  But how we use it is a good question.


Ephesians 5:15-16  NASB  

So then, be careful how you walk, not as unwise people but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.


How we use our time makes a huge difference.  How we use our time speaks volumes about our faith.  


Go a little deeper and here are some thoughts that come to me fairly often about how I use the gift of time God has given.  This really is important.


Ecclesiastes 3:1-11  NLT  

For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. 2  A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. 3  A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. 4  A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. 5  A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away. 6  A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. 7  A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. 8  A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace. 9 What do people really get for all their hard work? 10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all. 11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.


Trust God.  Use your time wisely.  Let God use you to make a difference in every person you encounter.


In the next few weeks there are some important things going on, and I ask that you pray for them and help as God guides.  This week our team will be serving racing fans at Martinsville Speedway.  In early May I will be leading a retreat for the sports ministry leaders in Cuba.  Help is needed to pray over both and to finance the retreat in Cuba.  Please let me know you’d like to help.


That is just one more way I am watching God use our time.  He has much to accomplish, and we are blessed to be part of His special plan.  Use your time!

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