Little by Little - It's About Time

Have you ever noticed how time seems to slip by little by little? In the US we live by a clock. We try squeezing so much into a day. We want our food fast, managers want us to multi-task, we give up sleeping hours 'to get it all done', we overcommit and run ourselves to the point of exhaustion. God never intended for us to do it all. In Genesis 2:2 it says God rested on the seventh day. Do you think God needs rest? He's omniscient and Omni-present; he does not need rest but set an example for us to follow. No matter where in the world you live or language you speak we are all allotted the same amount of time in a day - 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, that's 1,440 minutes in a day. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 says, "There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven...." In seeking to find balance in my life I had to recognize I cannot do it all. I must choose how I spend my time. If I am not intentional and seek God in ALL that I do I can find myself weary, exhausted and far from God's plan for my life. It's not that I don't seek Him or desire to follow Him but if I become so 'busy' that I do not put Him first I run out of time in the day. I must make a choice to put God first and make wise chooses in all aspects of my life - reading scripture, prayer, eating, exercising, work, you get the idea. Ephesians 5:15-16 says, "Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil." In Psalm 90:12 tells us 'So teach us to number our days,that we may present to You a heart of wisdom.' In our busyness we may forget this is life is NOT all there is when you are a child of God. This physical decaying body, the world we live in; this life is temporary. This life is fleeting. Are you using your time wisely? How are you spending your days?