Time is a Gift

A few weeks ago most of us were still going about our daily lives. We were preoccupied with our usual things and living out our routines. Going to work, taking care of our households, gathering with friends, but now for most of us, that routine has been flipped upside down! 

“We all make time for what we feel is important in our lives.” ~Anonymous

We have been given a rare opportunity. An opportunity of time! For maybe the first time in many of our lives we are faced with more time at home together as a family than we have ever had and what a gift that can be! We can spend hours on social media letting worry overcome or try to hide away lost in endless Netflix binge watching OR we can use this time to let God speak to our hearts! To bring our families closer to the Lord together. To remember that our homes are our first place of ministry.

1 Peter 4:10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God‘s grace in various forms.

We were created for so much more than the routine! Our Identity is far too often planted in things of this world and that is a wake up call for many of us. As followers of Christ you are a child of God, redeemed and created to do Gods will! You are not of this world and have been called to the greatest commission as ambassadors of Christ! We all have a purpose and God designed you with something special that only you can do. This time of being locked in can be a blessing if we use it wisely! 

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

These days of being home are a time to seek God on how we can make a difference or rise to another level. If anything, this is a reminder that time is short and people are perishing, and the world needs Jesus now more than ever! This time we have been given is an opportunity to spend more time on our knees, more time in the Word, more time waiting on God to reveal our hearts to us.

This can be an awakening to even bigger things that God is calling us to. We may be confined in our homes but we have work to do, we have people to reach, there are things that need to be done that God will ask us to do. Let us see this time as a gift, a gift to prepare us to reach a hurting world in new ways. 

2 Thessalonians 2:14 He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.