168 hours

​I would like to ask you a question, Are you giving your best to God? I love the logo “Be All You Can Be”.  It has been a prominent recruitment tagline by the United States Army for years and for good reason. It worked! It inspired a nation of young people to become their best by entering military service; what really could be more truthful?

​I learned a long time ago one thing, “the greatest tragedy in life is not death, but A WASTED LIFE!” God does not want you to waste your life. God deserves your best. He shaped you for one purpose: to share the Good News with others. Why?

God tells us many times that this world is not going to last. The universe is winding down, history is moving toward a climax—Jesus Christ is coming again. The Bible has more to say about his second coming  than it does about his first. How would your life change if you used more of your time, money, and energy on what’s going to last forever?

We all have the same amount of time every week: 168 hours.  It is what you do with it that counts! You only have a certain number of days allotted in this world, and if you blow them, you have blown it! If you waste time, you are wasting your life. If you kill time, you are committing suicide. Your time is your life. You must stop and ask, “Is this the best use of my time? Is this the best use of my life?”

Read 2 Timothy 2:3-7 NIV/LB:

Endure hardship with us like a GOOD SOLDIER of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets tied up in civilian affairs—he wants to please his commanding officer. Similarly, if anyone competes as AN ATHLETE, he does not receive the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules. And the HARDWORKING FARMER should be the first to receive a share of the crops. “

​Think about these three illustrations, and the Lord will help you to understand how they apply to you.

Make Every Day Count!

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