Don't Waste Our Life

"Be very careful, then, how you live not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is."  (Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV)

If we want to make an impact with our life, we've got to do one thing: we’ve got to get control of our time. Our time is our life. If we don’t learn to manage our time, we won’t go very far in life.  We all have the same amount of time every week: 168 hours. It’s what we do with it that counts! You only have a certain number of days you’ve been allotted in this world, and if we blow them, we’ve blown it! If we waste our time, we’re wasting our life. If we kill time, we’re committing suicide. Our time is our life. We have to stop and begin to ask, “Is this the best use of my time? or Is this the best use of my life?”  We don’t have time for everything. The good news is, that God doesn’t expect you to do everything, and don’t feel guilty about it! There are only a few things worth doing in the first place.  Effective people figure out what’s essential in life and what’s trivial, and they spend more time doing the essential things and less time doing the trivial things. We can’t eliminate all the trivia in our life, but we can reduce it. This sounds easy, but frankly it’s often difficult to choose between what’s best for our life and what’s easiest for our life, especially when we’re tired.  We want to do what’s easy. That’s why if we’re really going to make something of our life, we really have to learn to get some rest, to have the mental, emotional, and physical strength so we have to say, “I’m going to do the right thing instead of the easiest thing.”  Don’t waste our life, and don’t settle for second best, and do not go through life just existing. We were not created to just coast, God made us for a mission and a purpose. Praise the Lord, God bless

"Walk in wisdom toward those who  are outside, redeeming the time."
Colossians 4:5 NKJV