I Need More Time!
Today is Ample Time Day.
You probably have heard someone complain, “I just don’t have enough time!” Maybe it was your mom as she was trying to get dinner on the table while picking you up from soccer practice. Maybe it was your teacher as he pushed to finish the math chapter before the big test. Maybe it was even you as you tried to finish your homework so you could have time to hang out with your friends.
So it probably comes as good news that today is Ample Time Day—it means you have enough time to do whatever you need to get done. Well, not really. Just saying we have ample time doesn’t make it so, does it? Yet the truth is God has given each one of us 24 hours every day—ample time to get done everything that he wants us to do that day.
So what’s the problem? Why is it that we always feel rushed and out of control? Why is it that we usually come to the end of the day and say, “Gee, I wish I had more time to do _________.” We either are trying to do too much during one day, or we are wasting our time on unimportant things (like watching TV!).
As Ecclesiastes 3:1 tells us, God has given us time for “every activity under heaven.” God has a plan for everything that has already happened, for everything that is happening right now, and for everything that will happen. There is ample time for everything to happen according to God’s plan.
That’s good news when you do get that “I don’t have enough time” feeling. Remember, God is in charge of time. There is always ample time to do what God has planned for you. Just ask him!
And this is his plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth (Ephesians 1:10).
To Do
Say you don’t have enough time? Make a chart of everything you have to do today and then place those items in order of importance. Make sure to include time for God!
Also on this day
1656—Edmond Halley was born. Halley was the first to calculate the orbit of a comet that was named after him. The comet appears every 76 years.
1793—The Louvre Museum in Paris opened to the public for the first time.
1889—Montana became America’s 41st state.
From Betsy Schmitt and Dave Veerman, 365 Trivia Twist Devotions: An Almanac of Fun Facts and Spiritual Truth for Every Day of the Year (Cincinnati: Standard, 2005). Scripture quotations are from the New Living Translation unless otherwise noted.