Making much of our time.

"Whoever is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much"-  Luke 16:10

A couple of weeks ago I was down on my knees in my room on a Sunday night crying out to God to help me begin using my time more efficiently. I had gone weeks without a set time for personal devotion, meditation and memorization of scripture. I was on empty! The next morning, (Monday morning) I woke up at 8am for my supposed 8am class which was actually a 9am class for Monday. I jumped out of bed, brushed my teeth, brushed my hair, got on my knees said a quick prayer and ran to class thinking I was late. 

 I arrived in the class, looked around and did not notice anybody that was usually in the class with me including the teacher. Then I realized that my class was actually at 9am not 8am (foolish me). When I was walking back to my room, I recognized that I could jump out of bed thinking I was late to class but I couldn’t jump out of bed thinking I was missing precious time to spend with my Lover, my Redeemer, my Lord! I went back into my room and went back to the same position I was the night before. That was where I needed to be! 

Some areas that I believe I need to begin using time more effectively is in my personal devotion, prayer, meditation, and memorization of scripture. This is so important in my life; I am in desperate need for it! I am not where I was a couple of weeks ago but I could get better, it takes a lot of discipline, and I will get there faithfully with the reliance on the Holy Spirit. To reiterate the words of Sadhu Sundar Singh, “we ought to make the best possible use of God-given opportunities and should not waste our precious time by neglect or carelessness.”