Beautiful people, some of you may not fully understand the power of what it is you hold in your hand when you pick up your bible; the wisdom, the knowledge, discernment, guidance, healing, forgiveness, prosperity, peace, love, joy, right down to management of weather and management of time.
Sometimes I let the rain fall and I dance and sing and laugh. Other times I say; "Not today. Peace be still," and I calm the storm. In the same way, I calm the storms of life, as I quietly meditate upon His word.
When it comes to time management, Justin Paul Abraham calls it; Eden time, or fallen time. Rich time, or poor time. You can work with time and it will bend to suit your need, but only if you honour time.
God tells us to redeem our time. Hebrews 5:15-16 "See that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil." Evil days are days of trial, tribulation and trouble.
God's word speaks of making the most of our time and not wasting time. When we do that, time will be on our side. Life will be busy, but not rushed, productive and not wasted.
Evil time, or fallen time, is time spent in frustration with low energy; its time wasted. It’s where things constantly go wrong and where it takes longer to accomplish tasks than when in Eden time. Fallen time is where we feel tired at the end of the day.
In Eden time things flow, energy is high. Things fall into place easily and effortlessly and at the accomplishment of our task we still have great energy. We enter Eden time through thankfulness, praise and worship. In praise and worship, even jobs we dislike will become pleasurable and easy.
When you prioritise your time, making the most of every minute, somehow you gain time as time notices the honour you give it. Time then begins to work with you, rather than against you. You can bend time, manipulate circumstances, shorten boring moments and lengthen a pleasurable phase.
When you lose your wallet, you can call your bank. When someone steals from you, you have insurance and can replace what was stolen. When your time is stolen, who can you call? Time is your responsibility; you can waste it, or use it wisely.
The bible states in Ecclesiastes 8:5-6 “…a wise man’s heart discerns both time and judgement, because for every matter there is a time and a judgement...” We must discern time. We must study time and discern it’s best use.
What we honour, makes room in our lives for more of the same. If we honour the Trinity, honour the angels, honour money, honour our job, be it inside the home or outside; whatever it is we honour, we get more of, so we must honour time if we wish to make the most of it and attain a greater supply.
I know this to be true from first-hand account.
When juggling a full time job, I also wrote books. I spent hours in my bible, went for long bike rides, tended the home and garden well, cooked culinary delights every day and kept an eye on the share market.
I love words and memorise new words every day. I studied the craft of writing, photography and leanrt a new language and yet still had time at the end of the day to relax in the spa with a good book. This is what honouring time can do for you. We're all busy, we just have to be busy at the things that count, things that move us forward in life.
In honouring time, say yes to all things of God. Say no to what doesn’t move you forward in life. Ask the Holy Spirit to show you where best to place your time. Paul wrote in Romans 7:15 “For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do.”
We have the power to change that statement. We don’t have to follow Paul’s lead on this. Ask Holy Spirit, then do what you aught. Be led by the spirit and not the flesh. The mark of maturity is in doing what you don’t feel like doing. The mark of maturity is dying to self and living for Christ.
Let’s live for the One who died for us. Let us remember Him in the taking of the sacraments; the bread of healing and the blood of life. Let us honour what’s important in our life.
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