Time management is crucial to our work for the Kingdom, relationships with others, and our relationship with God. We have all been given enough time to achieve ALL that God has laid out for our lives. So if we find that we are pressed for time, it is an issue is not the amount of time, but the use of it.
As Oswald Sanders put it: We can work while others waste time, study while others sleep, and pray while others play.
And with time management, it is easy to lay out a plan and STICK TO IT. But that is exactly what will get us in trouble. We MUST have flexibility! It is wise to lay out a plan and to build disciplines that will lead to good habits. But, since when do we know what God wants us to achieve? It is SO easy to look at things in our own understanding. And in doing so, we give up all those divine appointments the Lord himself has set before us.
True time management is someone who is looking at his day with Kingdom eyes, and has their ears tuned to the Holy Spirit. A person hard at the work set before them, but willing to leave it at a moment's notice to spend time with a friend, a neighbor, a coworker, a complete stranger, and, YES, even to spend time with God. We must be careful that the busyness of life, doesn't supersede the will of the Father.
Relationships take time, and sometimes the time they take, take away from our scheduled time. But please trust me when I say it's worth it! These annoying interruptions to our masterpiece of a daily plan, are (in my opinion) some of the most precious gifts the Lord gives us. They are, in every sense of the word, divine appointments. They are the food on the table that the Lord sets before us in the presence of our enemies. A man would be a fool to pass them by.
Proverbs 3:5-6:
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
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