How much time?
Time seems to come in little boxes, each box is called a day.
Thirty boxes make a carton, called a month.
A shipment of twelve cartons makes a year.
Each January 1 we get a new shipment - twelve cartons.
What a lot of time to have! We are rich in time.
But are you sure you received a full shipment?
What if your subscription time ran out during the year?
What if you opened a carton and found only empty boxes?
No more time? No more time! But you may have a full shipment this year.
And you may have more shipments in the future.
Yet, will you say, ‘I have no time’? That’s a strange remark.
People who say ‘I have no time,’ always have time.
Those who have no time are dead.
The dead do not mention their lack of time.
Only the living say ‘I have no time.’
All of us have the same amount of time - 24 hours a day, or none.
The difference is how we use our time.
When we say that we have no time for something,
We mean that the ‘something’ is not important enough.
We have to spend our time.
It won’t keep in a bank - not even with a time lock on the vault.
When you say you have no time for church, or to serve Christ,
You are saying that you would rather spend your time in other ways.
Of course, you don’t want it to sound that way.
You want to say ‘I’ll give time to God later when I have more,’
But are you sure you will have more time?
What if your next box is empty?
There is something to be said for that. People say that time is money, and that can be very true. Like money, our time is not really our own - but it’s been given to us by God to make the best possible use of. How we choose to spend it is entirely up to us. Sometimes it may be helpful to think about where our time goes, and whether we’re really putting it to its best use.
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