Is time really an unmovable mountain?
The financial advisor is challenging me to save more, buy more insurance, invest more, etc. I retort, “I can’t- I’ve only got so much discretionary income- I have too many non-negotiable expenses.” So, the advisor turns the focus to my non-negotiable expenses.
You know how it goes. It so happens that there is room for negotiation in the “non-negotiable” camp. Can we not apply this to our time?
We tend to shelter areas of our day-to-day living from the harsh work of negotiation. Remember the rich man who came to Jesus with a simple question. Jesus’ response challenged him in a non-negotiable area. Nicodemus liked some things he heard from Jesus but he needed more clarification. Nicodemus could see that the ramifications of Jesus’ teaching were going to wreck the life he now had. Jesus confirmed Nicodemus’ fears. Jesus told him that his life would be so different it would be like he was born again!
If I will find the time to follow Jesus with integrity, it will not be because God grants me 25 hours in my day or 8 days in my week, it will come because I am willing to negotiate what I previously declared non-negotiable.
Friday, November 03, 2006
Non-negotiable?
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I have referenced Larry James' blog before. The last two days' posts (Thursday & Friday) are vintage Larry James. I really want to put some teeth into our Benevolence Ministry at Sunshine, these past two posts have been truly stimulating. I hope many of you will take time to check them out.
http://larryjamesurbandaily.blogspot.com/
I think our time tends to be a lot like our tongues… Scripture says “out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.” (Matthew 12:34) The point this scripture is making is that your mouth speaks what’s in your heart -- I'm sure you already knew that though.
I think you could say the same for our schedules… out of the overflow of my heart I plan my day to day life. I think it would be wise for us to pray for God to change our hearts to be more like his... maybe then we would have his desires closer to our hearts, and spend our time more as he would.
Thanks for another encouraging post Jason.
I hear you, Lisa. As my kids get older, the management of time will become all the more difficult. Frankly, I don't know what to do about it. However, I truly believe that if we set this issue before God, He will help us. Time is definitely our battlefield.
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