1. Ephesians 5:15–16
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
James 4:13–15
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that”
Psalm 90:10–12
The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?
So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.”
2 Peter 3:8–9
But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.”
Time — friend or foe?
In their battle to come to terms with the arrow of time, people have discovered different means to tame the passing of years, months, and days. They invented the clock, the calendar, and spent countless hours trying to figure out the concept of time.
One thing after another, they put their fears into words —
The core of time management is learning how to prioritize.
When you decide what is important to you and your career, scheduling suddenly becomes easier. You know what needs to be set aside, completely forgotten, or pushed to the forefront. And it’s no new science, either.
If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got. Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing. The most important thing in life is knowing the most important things in life. We don’t drift in good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there. You gotta make it a priority to make your priorities a priority. I don’t have time’ is just saying it’s not a priority.
Aside from mastering your time management, it’s important to learn how to use time wisely. Making wise moves means understanding which actions are important, and which ones have far-reaching consequences that greatly improve your life.
Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise. We must not be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week. Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it. Take care of the minutes and the hours will take care of themselves. The main problem with this great obsession for saving time is very simple: you can’t save time. You can only spend it. But you can spend it wisely or foolishly. One can only forget about time by making use of it. As we speak, cruel time is fleeing. Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow. Interested in learning how to use your time more wisely? The first step is taking back control of your time: The only way to master our time management is to become an expert in scheduling and planning our tasks properly. I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. One must work with time and not against it. Begin with the end in mind. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. A goal without a plan is just a wish. Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four-hour days. The best time to start was last year. Failing that, today will do.
Not everything has to be done as soon as possible. Some things just require time.
Being patient is sometimes much better than rushing into an opportunity. There is more to life than simply increasing its speed. Take your time. There’s no rush to be good or renowned. If you’re really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time. When you take the small roads you see the life that goes on there, this makes your own life larger. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
The important thing is to take your time and not get stressed. Haste in every business brings failures. Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Regret for wasted time is more wasted time.Time = life; therefore, waste your time and waste your life, or master your time and master your life. Most People are frugal in guarding their personal property; but as soon as it comes to squandering time they are most wasteful of the one thing in which it is right to be stingy. You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip . Make use of time, let not advantage slip. Realize that if you have time to whine and complain about something, then you have the time to do something about it. You can’t have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time. Life is flying by. You don’t have time to waste another minute being negative, offended, or bitter. If someone did you wrong, get over it and move forward. Time stays long enough for those who use it. Waste your money and you’re only out of money, but waste your time and you’ve lost a part of your life. A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. It’s not that we have a little time, but more that we waste a good deal of it. Time is the one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain a friend; one may lose and regain money; opportunity once spurned may come again; but the hours that are lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits. Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends. Four things come not back, the spoken word, the sped arrow, time past, and the neglected opportunity.
Time is valuableTime is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose. Every second is of infinite value. An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can’t buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. Time is a gift that most of us take for granted. We get so caught up in the busyness of our daily lives that we rarely stop and take a serious look at how we’re spending this gift. My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
Time is passing
We are all aware that time flies when we’re having fun, and it moves at a snail’s pace whenever we are bored to tears.
On the other hand, sometimes, we would prefer to hit the pause button and savor every moment we could. Yet, the clock still goes on.
However, there’s no need to despair over this fact. When we are aware of time passing, we can make the most out of our days and appreciate every minute.
The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it. Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. All our sweetest hours fly fastest. Time goes faster the more hollow it is. I never think of the future. It comes soon enough. Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind. The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown. Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator. The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and, like the flash of lightning, at once exists and expires. sleeping. Time is a great healer. I’m going to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow! Time is money, especially when you’re talking to buying a commercial. So little time and so little to do. Free time is death to the anxious, and thank goodness I don’t have any of it right now. To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. Punctuality is the thief of time.Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all its pupils.
Colossians 4:5–6
Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person”
Acts 1:7
“He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.”
John 9:4
“As long as it is day, we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work.”
Proverbs 27:1
“Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring”
Colossians 4:5
“Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.”
Proverbs 6:6-8
“Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest”
Have a time useful days in Jesus name!!
Bishop Duke Akamisoko
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