A reminder for
today
Have not I commanded
thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed:
for the LORD thy God is with
thee whithersoever thou goest. (Joshua 1:9)
What is the biggest mistake we make? We think we have time.
Time is free, but it is priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You
can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once it is lost, you can never get it back.
The average person lives 78 years. We spend 28.3 years of our life sleeping. That
is almost a third of our life, but 30% of us struggle to sleep. We spend 10.5
years of our life working, but over 50% of us wants to leave our current jobs. Time
is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you can never get more
time. Steve Jobs said that your time is limited so do not waste it living
someone else’s life. The bad news is that time flies, the good news is that you
are the pilot. Everyday you are blessed with another 48 hours. You would never
waste it if it was money, so why do you waste it when it comes to time? To realise
the value of one second ask the person who just missed an accident. We think it
is people wasting our time, when it is really us allowing them to do so. In reality
these two people live inside us. Do not let someone be a priority when you are only
an option to them. Some of us lose the people most important to us, because we
do not value their time. Some of us do not realise how important someone is to
us until they are gone. Inside of all of us are two voices. One voice that
wants to uplift us and wants us to expand and to grow. And then there is the other
voice. The voice that holds us back and makes us lazy and keeps us complacent. The
voice that restricts us from our potential. Every day when we wake up until the
moment we go to sleep there is this constant battle between these two voices. Guess
which one wins? The one we listen to the most. The one that we feed. The one
that we amplify.
It is our choice how we use our time. Life and time are the
best two teachers. Life teaches us to make good use of time and time teaches us
the value of life. As William Shakespeare said: “Time is very slow for those who
want, very fast for those who are scared, very long for those who are sad, very
short for those who celebrate, but for those who love, time is eternal.”
God is love and with Him our time will be eternal. He is the
voice we must amplify, the voice we must listen to, the voice we must follow. He
is the way and the only way. Jesus said in Matthew 6: Therefore do not worry or
be anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, ‘What are we going to
eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ For the
[pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; [but do not worry,] for your
heavenly Father knows that you need them. But first and most importantly
seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing
and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will
be given to you also. “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry
about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Seek God first and live in every moment.
Have an awesome day dear friend of Jesus.
Cheers