Replace Good Intentions With Action
Teach us to make the most of time, so that we may grow in wisdom. -- Psalm 90:12
Time is one of those elusive things. We never seem to have enough of it to do the things we must and we certainly can’t find enough time to do the things we should. So we wait for a better day, a better moment, a different season of our lives.
And it never comes. We have learned to fill our days with seemingly necessary tasks and to give ourselves to mindless things in a vain effort to find strength to begin again tomorrow. The days run on and on. Where, oh where, does the time go?
We meant to visit that friend in the hospital. We meant to take food to our elderly neighbor. We intended to volunteer with the Upward program. We planned to read the Bible all the way through. We intended to do something wonderful for someone else. We just never found the time.
And then our lives are over. Our health is gone and here we are with mounds of good intentions that never got done. Will never get done. Because we never found the time to do what was important while we still could.
This verse reminds me that the things that truly matter, those that have eternal significance, are worth my time and yours. We can turn the television off and read the Bible. We can give up a Saturday golf game or shopping trip to volunteer with one of the many outreach activities available through our churches and other charitable organizations. We can forgo a dinner out and visit a friend or neighbor or fellow church member who is sick or alone or in need.
Time is fleeting. May God always grant us the wisdom to find time for what is important. May we reach out to those who need a kind word, a visit or a call. May He convict us when we find excuses for not doing what we know we should.
Heavenly Father, open our eyes and make us aware of how we use our time. Let our moments be used to bring you glory and let our lives reflect your light outward toward a darkened world. In Jesus’ name. Amen
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