Time-Inviting
Theme of the Week: Whose Time Spent Whose Way?
David Henderson
Friday, May 12, 2006
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Key Bible Verse: He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so that we can do the good things he planned for us long ago ( Ephesians 2:10 ). Bonus Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
If I recognize that my time belongs to another, I'll stop insisting that it be spent my way and invite God to tell me what He intends for me to do with it. Asking some basic questions will help me do this.
Is this opportunity consistent with God's will as I've come to know it? The more I know the cadence of God's voice in Scripture, the more I'll recognize its countercultural tone when He speaks.
Is it consistent with my passions and gifts? God has given me unique heart burdens and unique need-meeting abilities. These often signal how God wishes to use me.
What are my motives? Will the item I want to add to my to-do list make me feel better about myself? Will it make someone else think better of me? Am I afraid to disappoint someone? Or is this a genuine call from God to respond to some need of the kingdom?
How does this fit with what I already know I'm called to do? Any additional claims on my time must fit into my day without stealing from these other callings.
What do others think? Often what is fuzzy to me, even after considerable prayer, is clear to those who know me and are praying with me.
—David Henderson in Discipleship Journal
My Response: I'll ask God to help me become patient, selective, and willing to defer to His will.
Thought to Apply: Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity.—ERWIN LUTZER (Illinois pastor)
Adapted from Discipleship Journal (1-2/05) by permission.
Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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