Who’s in Control of Your Time?

Posted on Aug 15, 2017 Topic : Inspirational/Devotional, Women's Christian Living
Posted by : Pam Farrel

If you’re like me, you feel as though there is never enough time in your day! Have you ever had thoughts like , Yeah, I want to spend time in Bible study, but I’m so busy…I have to work…I was never a great student in school, I want an easier way to grow with God…

Spending time in the Word will save you time because you’ll gain the information to discern, and then stay on, God’s best plan for your life. But to keep tracking with Christ, you’ll need to set aside daily time with the Creator. God is the maker of time, so he has a supernatural way of s… t… r… e… t… c… h… i… n… g the minutes in your day. Here is why God can multiply your time:

—God existed before “time” began: “In the beginning God… ” (Genesis 1:1).

—God set time in motion: “God said, ‘Let there be light'… And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day” (Genesis 1:3-5).

—God is the exalted King: He sees all from his throne, so he knows what is truly important in life. “God reigns over nations; God sits on his holy throne” (Psalm 47:8).

—God orders our steps: “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord” (Psalm 37:23 KJV); “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord determines their steps” (Proverbs 16:9 NIV).

When I was 19, my mentor asked me, “How’s your daily quiet time with God?” I thought I was too busy to fit in time with God, so I laid out a few of those standard excuses. My mentor countered with a piercing question: “Are you telling me you’re too busy to spend time daily with the God who created you and created every second of your day, and loved you so much he spent his divine time to walk the steps up Golgotha’s hill to be nailed on a cross and lay down his life for you?” (Gulp.)

As I pondered how to answer this question, I felt it was really God who was asking it. I was confronted with a “watershed moment,” that pivot point when you know the choice you make will send you on a life-impacting trajectory with long-term consequences. This is the same question posed to us in Psalm 2: “ Who is on the throne of your life? Whom do you call King?”

Make a decision today to keep Jesus as the King of Kings.

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