The Battle For Your Time

Ephesians 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Your time is a major spiritual battleground. Whoever controls your time controls you. You should permit God to control your time and you should control it for Him. Ultimately, there are only two ways you can spend your time, serving God or serving Satan. Serving self usually falls into the category of serving Satan. Serving others usually falls into the category of serving God. Wasting time is always in the category of serving Satan.

As in any spiritual battle, we can have God’s help and guidance. We can ask Him what to do with every moment of our time. Before I retired there was less time that I could control. The battlefield was smaller and I knew that I could not waste very much time. Now that I am retired, I don’t have an employer that owns eight hours a day of my time. There are now eight hours a day more that God and Satan battle for.

The ways in which we spend our time are largely habitual. We need to make good habits and break bad ones. We are greatly blessed if we make time with God a regular habit. Plan your time, plan to seek God’s guidance, pray, study, meditate, serve Him, rejoice, give thanks, rest, exercise.

Who deserves to be in control of my time? Who will make the best use of it? Who gives us time in the first place? Who deserves to own and control our time? God!!

Satan is a thief. He will steal as much time from its rightful owner as he possibly can. Be at least as protective of your time as you are of your money. Time is very precious. Money can be replaced but time cannot. When it’s gone it’s gone. We won’t always have enough time to do what we want but we will always have sufficient time to do what God wants.

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