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Tuesday... It can be such a waste of time.


Tuesday... It can be such a waste of time.

Now the reality of life is that it is pretty short. I'm at the age that I wonder where it has gone. And I am at the point of my life that I don't want to waste any more time on things that don't make a difference. And Paul in his first letter to the young Timothy deals with this. In 4:7 (NLT) he writes, "Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives tales. Instead, train yourself to be goodly."

Over in Proverbs 19:3 it says, "People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then they are angry at the Lord." Like it is his fault.  Now he had a different plan but our representatives ruin it. Now he did create us with the power to choose and they made some really, really bad decisions that were really foolish and we have suffered the consequences. But it isn't God's fault.

Do you realize that if we would have followed all the laws in Leviticus that there would be no diseases? Death was not in God's plan. Sickness was not in God's plan. Old age was not in God's plan. And so many other things that we blame God for were not in his plan. They came about because of our not following his plan.

Back to 1 Timothy 4.  In verses 8-9 Paul writes, "'Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.' This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it." There is a choice here for us to make.

He goes on in verse 10, "This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the Savor of all people and particularly all believers."

And then in verse 16 Paul tells Timothy, "Keep a close watch on how you live and on your teaching. Stay true to what is right for the sake of your own salvation and the salvation of those who hear you."

So let's not waste our time. Let's make use of the opportunity of the life that God has given to us and called us to live. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning 


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