Spend Your Time Wisely

Spend Your Time Wisely “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15-16 Do you make the most use of your time? I would venture to say that many people do not take the opportunity to use their time as wisely as they should. I can remember a story about Emmanuel Menger, a gifted artist who lived back in 1887. The story goes that Mr. Menger, gave a local neighborhood grocery store clerk a $20 dollar note to pay for his groceries. The clerk noticed that some of the ink came off on her hands when she put in into her change drawer. She had known Mr. Menger for many years and was shocked. However $20 was a lot of money in those days and she notified the police, who after procuring a search warrant, went to his home where they found in his attic the tools he was using to reproduce the fake money. They also found his easel, paint brushes and paints that he used to paint three portraits. These paintings sold at a public auction for more than $16,000. How could someone so talented waste their time doing something so foolish when they had the opportunity to do something so valuable? But we’re all guilty of the same thing. Think for a moment about how you spent your time yesterday, or last week. Think about the hours wasted doing things that were unimportant (or maybe even destructive)—time which could have been spent developing your relationship with God and helping others. We have all been given only so much time, and no one is richer than anyone else, for we all get exactly the same amount. None of these minutes can be stored up and used the next day, but must be used on the day they were given. Choose wisely, and choose to spend some of your time with God on a daily basis. My Daily Devotional Volume III May 29 Robert William Brock, Jr.