Not Enough Time

There just never seems to be enough time. How can I cram everything that is required of me into 24 measly hours? How can I be a good employee, a good husband, a good father, etc.? Something is bound to fall through the cracks, you can't possibly be the best at everything ALL the time.

It's okay. I have a secret to share with you. People who are the best at what they do, sacrifice something in order to achieve their goal. The thing they usually sacrifice is time. Now, you've all heard the pleas about how much time can you afford to give to God, to reading the Bible, to praying, in exchange for what God has done for you, right? Relax, I'm not going to lay one of those on you, I just wanted to remind you of them.

Consider this, that God didn't sacrifice Jesus on the cross in order to trade him for your time. He doesn't demand your time in exchange for his grace and mercy. The God of eternity isn't concerned with your hours and minutes and seconds in order to make sure that you have devoted enough time to let you into the gates of heaven. You are his, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! How can minutes or hours spent devoted to him make you any more of his than you already are? There's not enough time in the world!

Previous Comments:

Thanks Bill! I really appreciated this!

Jim

Posted by:The Shovel at August 18, 2003 02:10 PM

Amen. Really neat, and true. Good stuff.

Posted by:Mary at August 18, 2003 08:50 PM

Hi Harry!
Good news you've shared here. We're his no matter what we do or don't do!! yeaaaa!

Posted by:Connie at August 19, 2003 10:04 AM