All you have is time, use it wisely

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March 29, 2016 8:29 AM

“Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.”

'Don't Look Back'

Memory Verse: Colossians 4:5 – “

The Word forTodaydevotional by United Christian Broadcasters (UCB) says:

Your greatest possession - is your next twenty-four hours.

How will you spend them? Will you allow television, pointless emails, unimportant tasks, your own impulses, the wrong people, or other meaningless distractions to consume your day?

Will you take control of your time and make today count?

Read: Don't be a hidden Christian

Leadership experts say that focusing on the top 20 per cent of your priorities brings an 80 per cent return on your effort.

So when you get up each morning, look in the mirror and say, ‘Today I’ll live my life according to God’s will, and give my energies to the things that help me fulfil it’. The truth is, there will always be things vying for your attention.

Advertisers want you to spend money on their products, have you noticed how people with nothing to do, usually want to spend their time with you? Even your own desires can be so diverse and your focus so scattered that you are not sure what needs your attention first.

That is why you need to focus like a laser on your God-given purpose. Whatever you concentrate on, you give strength and momentum to. Your priorities determine how you spend your time, so set them prayerfully and maintain them carefully. Eliminate non-essentials.

Read: Alive, Immortal, and just like Jesus

Those who tell you, ‘You can have it all’ are misguided. You cannot do everything you want to do, but you can do everything God wants you to do. You have to choose! Success comes from doing the right things right, and letting the rest go.

If you’re not sure what the right things are for you, imagine yourself looking back on your life years from now – which things would you regret not doing?

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