Ephesians 5:16 calls us to redeem the time. I believe I can be more disciplined in this area. This doesn’t mean that I should be studying all the time. It is important for me to exercise, sleep, eat, and have proper rest and leisure. But I need to consider why I do what I do when I do and if it is really profitable.
In A Godly Man’s Picture, Thomas Watson says:
Make spending time a matter of conscience… Many people fool away their time, some in idle visits, others in recreations and pleasures which secretly bewitch the heart and take it away from better things. What are our golden hours for but to attend to our souls? Time misspent is not time lived but time lost. Time is a precious commodity.
Watson is right. Time, once it has gone, cannot be recalled. Wisdom would have me ask: “Am I spending too much time looking at stocks, facebook, email, or keeping up with the news? What can I do to care for my soul and the souls of others?”
Charles Spurgeon said:
…[G]ive an account of the stewardship of thy time. How hast thou spent it? Have not many hours been allowed to run to waste, or worse than waste, in frivolity and sin? Hast thou lived as a dying man should live? Hast thou employed thine hours as remembering that they are very few, and more precious than the diamonds in an emperor’s crown? What about thy time? Has there not been much of it spent in indolence, in frothy talk, or that did not minister to edification? Thou needest not accuse thyself for time spent in lawful recreation that may sustain thy body, and fit it better for the Lord’s service.
The Christian life is one of balance. I thank God for the fun time I had ice-skating today. It was refreshing to my mind. I probably won’t be blogging more than twice a week unless I have something really helpful to share. Blogging often helps me think through what I really believe.
