Our lives are governed by time. This is the reason why we're surrounded by clocks and calendars that help us to know where we are going and what we are doing on any given day or time.  When responsibilities and pressures mount, many become frustrated by the pressures of life and proclaim, "I just don't have time to get it all done!"

As the minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years of life tick by, we may wonder what happened to the last 10, 20, or 30 years? And in a sense, our life on earth is like a ticking clock, but our new life in Christ will never stop, never end, because we live in eternity (John 3:16).

God has given us enough time to do exactly what He's planned for our lives here on earth (Jeremiah 29:11). Perhaps the bigger issue is whether we are using our time to do our will or the Lord's will?

Time is a gift from God, and He has allotted each of us the means in which to live and accomplish His purposes. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 reminds us, “There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens."

Since time can never be retrieved or reversed, it's critical that we make the most of every opportunity the Lord provides. Jesus was given just thirty-three years of life on earth, but only the last three were invested in fulfilling His ministry.

Yet Jesus accomplished everything His Father gave Him to do in the time that he had in life on the earth. That's why on the cross He could say, "It is finished" (John 19:30). Jesus did not manage His time, He fulfilled the purpose of His time.

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Dr. Gregory L Cruell