Ladies DBV

The bible tells us it is vanity to raise early and sleep late; labouring all the hours God sends our way. Not sure if anybody else has ever asked then how am I meant to do everything I “have” to do in just 24 hours.

Ecclesiastes 8:6 says, “There is a right time and a right way to do everything, but we know so little.”

Took a moment for me to realise that there is no problem with time, but rather with the way I am using it. I don’t want Isaiah 49:4 to become my life’s verse…“I have used up my strength but accomplished nothing”

Three steps I am learning to implement:

1)     So pay close attention to how you live. Don’t live like ignorant men. Live like wise men.” Ephesians 5:15. Evaluate my schedule- I consider how I live more. This morning I asked a friend where did my week go? So I am still working on this! I don’t have to be involved in everything under the sun- Proverbs 14:12 says, “There’s a way that seems right but it ends in death.”  (And if not death then at very least a waste of time).

2)     “Make the most of every opportunity you get.” Eph 5:16. The Bible says we’re to take advantage of today by capitalizing on opportunities. Be alert to the possibilities. The best time to manage your time is right now – not tomorrow, not next week, not next year. Now. Proverbs 27:1 says, “Never boast about tomorrow because you don’t know what will happen between now and then.”

3)“Don’t act thoughtlessly but try to find out and do whatever the Lord wants you to do.” Eph 5:17. A friend drew up a document called time.xls and sent it to me-  fantastic a visual representation of time management. The only secret to time management is doing God’s will. You have just enough time to do God’s will. If you do not have enough time right now, it means one of several options.

 a) You’re doing something God never intended for you to do.
 b) You’re not doing what God intended you to do.
 c) You’re doing the right thing in the wrong way.

I suddenly have a lot more time available.

• References:  Rick Warren’s Purpose Driven.
• Ordering your Private World. Gordon MacDonald.
• And the best book in the world- The Bible!!!