How do you live? Are you living day-to-day? Are you living by a five-year plan? Do you live unwisely? Do you live as a wise person? Are you living somewhere in between? Do you make the most of the time given to you? Are you willing to make a change in your life?
Living our lives in today’s culture is challenging. We are inundated with things that vie for our attention. Watching videos or playing video games are a major distraction for young folks. Some of our jobs demand more of our time. And, of course, we want to spend time with family.
How are we to determine how to spend our limited time wisely? It is a daily decision. It requires us to set priorities and stick to them. At the same time, we must be flexible for that rare emergency that pops up. It is a balancing act that requires all our faculties to maintain it. We must decide what to attend to from all the things seeking our attention.
The challenge of it all can wear us down. We can become overwhelmed, downtrodden, depressed, and ready throw our hands up in air giving up. When we are feeling that way, we need to turn to God in prayer. We need to pour our hearts out to him and ask for him to guide us. This is the wise way to prioritize and live our lives.
In addition to seeking God’s guidance, we are to make the most of our time. Seek the most efficient way of accomplishing a task. Look for opportunities to accomplish more than one task at a time. Evil continues to try to trip us up. Yet, that has been the case for thousands of years. We are not facing anything new; it just comes in different forms. Leaning on God to make wise decisions it what will help us live wisely.
I pray we all seek to live our lives wisely. I pray we set priorities for our lives. I pray each one of us will look for opportunities to make the most of our time, efficiently completing tasks. Seek to live wisely. Set priorities. Ask for God’s guidance. Look for efficiencies. Lean on God.
Ephesians 5:15-16 Be careful then how you live, not as unwise people but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil.
Marty Pressey 