January 10 Devotion - Make the most of your Time

 

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, ¹⁶ making the most of your time, because the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

 فَانْتَبِهُوا تَمَاماً إِذَنْ كَيْفَ تَسْلُكُونَ بِتَدْقِيقٍ، لاَ سُلُوكَ الْجُهَلاَءِ بَلْ سُلُوكَ الْعُقَلاَءِ،

 ¹⁶ مُسْتَغِلِّينَ الْوَقْتَ أَحْسَنَ اسْتِغْلاَلٍ، لأَنَّ الأَيَّامَ شِرِّيرَةٌ.

 ¹⁷ لِذَلِكَ لاَ تَكُونُوا أَغْبِيَاءَ، بَلِ افْهَمُوا مَا هِيَ مَشِيئَةُ الرَّبِّ.

Ephesians 5:15-17

As the new year starts let us examine how we utilize the most valuable and perishable resource we have: Time. During the day we do many things that may be considered ‘good’, but they are not the ‘best’ use of our time. When something is bad or ‘not good’ we tend to avoid it. However if it is ‘good’ we may do it.  Doing the ‘good’ may keep us from doing ‘the best’. It would be helpful to realize that the enemy of the ‘best’ may be the ‘good’.

The seconds and minutes pass. An hour. A day. A week. A year. A lifetime. Here today, gone tomorrow. I believe we need to focus on what Jesus promises: Everlasting life.

 

I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:

Abba Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings. Lord, teach me and help me to properly invest my most perishable resource, time. Help me to use it toward learning to be more Christ-like and to use it with wisdom in a way that pleases You, carrying out Your plan for my life. Strengthen me O’Lord to concentrate on eternal life with You. In Jesus’ name I pray. To Jesus be the majesty, the power, and the authority forever and ever. Amen.

Jesus loves you,

In Him,

Wagdi Henein