One of the greatest treasures we will ever have to give, is our time.
Most people who have attended church for long enough, have sat through a stewardship sermon where a pastor tells us about the importance of tithing. It’s probably one of a pastor’s least favorite sermons. They will talk about where the concept of tithing come from in the Bible and how the church uses the money to further the mission of spreading the Gospel.
There are many examples of people taking the challenge to give more, even when the checking account says they can’t and in the end, there being more than enough.
The idea of giving in that way tends to make us very uncomfortable, but we often forget that God’s economy is different than man’s.
We are leery of what we can’t see or prove on paper, yet that’s where faith has the opportunity to blossom.
But what about a commodity more precious than money? What about our time? Do we believe that God can multiply our time?
We live in a busy culture. We work all day and rush home to cook dinner, or shuffle kids off to sports or some other activity; we have to assist with projects and homework. We have houses to clean and bills to pay. We have to shop for groceries and at some point, we are supposed to throw some exercise in. We have meetings to attend. We have to sleep.
Finding time in an average day to pray and read the Bible can seem nearly impossible, but what if we trusted God with our schedules? What if we took some time and asked God to make a way for us to have a closer relationship with Him? Do we believe the Maker of time could make the time?
I once read about a woman who prayed that God would multiply her time and He did. So I tried it.
I was running late and I knew that I really needed to start my day with some devotional time including some scripture reading. I stopped rushing around long enough to ask God to multiply my time that morning so that I could read His Word.
He did. It was as if the clock slowed down to a crawl and I was able to sit down and take a few minutes with God before I headed out into the world and I learned a very valuable lesson.
If we believe that God is the Creator of the Universe and of all things in it, then we have to believe that He can control all things in it. If we trust Him with where we will spend Eternity, surely we can trust Him to manage our time here on earth.
When we do, we will find there’s more than enough. Sometimes I need reminding. Perhaps you do too.
Have an awesome day!
Wendy 🙂