“[Jesus'] twenty-four hours a day was sufficient to complete the whole will of God.”
How does this thought hit you? I came across this yesterday in the book Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders which caused several different thoughts to come to mind…
1-I’ve often heard and even said so myself that there just aren’t enough hours in a day. With this thought of Jesus in mind, when I say this am I not insulting the life of Jesus? Twenty-four hours a day were sufficient for Jesus to COMPLETE God’s WHOLE will for His life. So when I say 24 hours aren’t enough for me, am I saying that I have more to do or God wills for me to do more than Jesus did?
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2-Am I just a poor steward of my time? God knows that we only have 24 hours in a day…that’s not new news for Him, so He knows exactly what He wants us to get done during that 24 hour timeframe.
So, am I spending time with Him each day asking and seeking how He wants me to spend each of those hours in my day?
What are my priorities? Is there purpose in what I spend my time doing? Or am I just simply doing things for the sake of being busy or because I’m afraid to say no?
I think that’s why 24 hours a day were enough for Jesus to complete the will of God because He was purposeful in everything He did from healing to teaching to praying to resting. When it was time for Him to do these things, He did them and let nothing stand in His way of doing them.
This is where I am in life right now…what do I spend my time doing and does the purpose of what I’m doing fit in with God’s will for my life? I have to wrestle with this and be willing to say “No” sometimes when it’s not easy or comfortable. But am I willing to sacrifice God’s will for my life just simply because I wasn’t willing to say the word “No”. Or to take that opportunity away from someone else because I wasn’t willing to say “No”.
At the end of my life I want to be able to say the same that was said about Jesus…that 24 hours a day was sufficient for me to complete God’s will for my life.
What about you?
