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A Revisited Devotional from October 25, 2004.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 – There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven. (NASB)
In the book of Ecclesiastes, the preacher wrote about time — how there is a time for everything. I thought about how we often measure our lives by time. We beat time; we are pressed for time; we make up for lost time; we tell time; we show someone a good time; we take our time; we are on borrowed time; we pass the time; we are sometimes caught up in this point in time; we bide our time. We often get so caught up in doing, that we find ourselves not having time for God.
I often look at people who spend most of their time working and not spending time with loved ones. The years speed quickly by, and they miss time with their families. Children grow up without the quality time, having had a parent (or parents) in name only. Here, Solomon in his mature years gave good, sound, wise counsel. It is all futile unless we honour God in all we do. God is the answer to all of it.
There is indeed a time for everything: "a time to give birth and a time to die: a time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted." ( Ecclesiastes 3:1 NASB)
We live in a society where time is important. We need to be on time for appointments. There are those who charge for the time they could have spent with us, if we don't cancel an appointment more than 24 hours beforehand. Wow! Charging for time! I am so glad that God doesn't charge us for the time that we wasted by not spending time with Him. Spending time with God is not wasteful because we gain. What we gain is a closer relationship with our heavenly Father. The ultimate, most useful time is time with God: an opportunity to be in His presence.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, thank You for Your patience with us. Teach us, Lord, to realize that time with You is time well-spent. Slow us down so that we see all Your benefits and enjoy them. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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AMEN!
Thank you, Gloria, for this devotional written so long ago.
Thank you, Gloria! What an excellent reminder.
Blessings.
So true – even when we are at peak in our work life, we need to find time to enjoy living.
Thank you for sharing this encouraging devotional with us again today. To God be the glory! Blessings.
Thank you, Gloria.
It was “time well spent” to read your devotional.
Dear Gloria,
Thank you for your thoughtful devotion today. So true!
Thanks, Gloria, for this reminder of how we spend our time and to spend more time with God. Blessings to you and your family.
What a wonderful reflection! It’s a lesson best learned early in life!!
Thank you for this.
I love your devotion. It ties right into a sermon I heard at my church just yesterday. I think God knew I needed a review. Thanks and God bless!
Thank you for your devotional. They have been so special for me after a lady over 90 introduced me to them. I will miss them so much. Thank you for the words for that hymn, as it has always been a favorite of mine. Keep on encouraging others with your testimonies and witness. Blessings.
Good morning, it’s a very nice day.
Thank you for writing this devotional.
It’s about time.
When we have belief in Him, we are promised eternal time.
Thanks.
Blessings.
Gloria, thank you for your writing today. I like your thoughts about time. We “take time” as though it belongs to us.
“Me time” is popular these days. Psalm 84:10 says, “One day in the house of the Lord is better than a thousand elsewhere.”
So how we value time seems to be important and that shows how we spend it. Have a great time today! Blessings.
Very good advice in this devotional writing of yours Gloria. It certainly is easy for us to get involved in so many time-consuming happenings in our daily lives and not focusing on the very important one of spending time with Jesus. Taking time to read His words, spending time in prayer with Him, reflecting on works He has done, and giving Him thanks for His care, are so much more important than the trivial things we spend time focusing on.
Our loving Lord gives priority to our calls and prayers and therefore deserves priority from us. Blessings for your very mindful writing.