Don’t waste your time

Good morning everyone,

Our theme for this month: “A new year, a fresh start”

Our Bible verse for today: “Pay careful attention, then, to how you live – not as unwise people but as wise – making the most of the time, because the days are evil. So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.” Ephesians 5:15-17 (CSB)

Our thought for today: “Don’t waste your time”

This morning, as we continue considering how we will spend our time in 2025, I want us to think again about my favorite quote regarding the wise use of our time. It comes from Benjamin Franklin and in modern English it reads, “Do you value your life? Then value your time because time is the stuff life is made of.”

As I noted in yesterday’s devotional, your life is made up of the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and decades that the Lord grants to you. Your life consists of your time and therefore you must be wise and careful about how you use your time because that is how you are using your life. Also, time is irretrievable. Once the second, minute, hour, or day has passed, you can never have it back. Therefore, when you give some of your time to a person or activity, you have given that person or activity a little piece of your life – a piece you can never have back.

That being the case, I urge you to be thoughtful and careful about who or what you give your time to because you are indeed giving that person or activity a little piece of your life. So, be sure that person or activity is worthy of receiving such a precious gift and don’t allow that little piece of your life to be wasted.

This is important because there are plenty of activities that are simply a waste of time. That means they are also a waste of your life. Cut such things out of your life. And there are people who will gladly waste your time. Don’t allow them to do it! Your time is precious because your time is your life. Make sure the activity or person is worthy of receiving it and don’t let them waste it.

I urge you: Don’t you waste your time, and don’t let others waste your time either. Give careful, prayerful thought to who and what you will devote your time to in 2025. In the days and weeks to come we will think about constructive and helpful ways to do that.

God bless,
Pastor Jim

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