Looking at our schedule for the next three weeks, and how much we have tried to pack into such a short period, I immediately started thinking about the value of time. Time passes so swiftly and one wonders how, and where it goes. This quote is so true today; “Time is a resource that is nonrenewable and nontransferable. You cannot store it, slow it up, hold it up, divide it up, or give it up. You can’t hoard it up or save it for a rainy day–when it’s lost it’s unrecoverable. When you kill time, remember that it has no resurrection.”[1]
Most of us have heard that, “Time is money.” However, it is more valuable than money; one can make more money but impossible to make more time. Time is like a checking account; we look forward each day for another deposit of 1,400 minutes. Each day we write checks against our account. The difference about our checking account of time is that we do not really know when the balance will hit “zero and no further deposits.” Therefore, it is important to spend our time wisely in areas that pay long-term dividends. All of time is valuable; when one kills time, it is wasting one of the most precious commodities that God has given to us.
We measure time by days, weeks, months, years, holidays, seasons, and the clock. The clock can be one of our greatest friends or the most feared enemy. It is amazing how slow time goes while watching the clock, but when concentrating on other things, it seems to go double speed. One making a comparison between the clock and the hourglass has written, “Clocks, with their revolving hands, create the illusion that time goes on forever. Hourglasses remind us that time is running out."[2] We often try to pack so much into “time” that we become frustrated and never have a sense of accomplishment in being the best of our capability. The older one gets, the faster time seems to go and we ask, “What happened to Time? When as a child I laughed and wept, time crept. When as a youth I dreamed and talked, time walked. When I became a full-grown man, time ran. And, later as I older grew, time flew. Soon I shall find while traveling on, time gone.”[3]
It is easy to surrender the opportunities, wrapped in time, that God has provided for us and get too busy to experience the real meaning of life. As a result, it may be years before we recognize the tragedy of the loss. When time controls us, it will be easy to feel what many have expressed, “I feel like I’m on a roller coaster and no place to get off.” We need to listen to the words of a wise individual, "Live smart, work smart, be smart and make the best use of our time because it ain't gonna get any better.” Therefore, take control of time or time will control you. It is nice to remember that, “Only one life, ’twill soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last. [4]
“Treasure every moment that you have! Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.... That’s why it’s called the ‘present’!”[5]
Ps 118:24 “This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” NLT
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