Make The Best Of It
Don’t waste a day!
I remember waking up in a dorm room at Ferris State University after a night of partying. I didn’t feel all that great. Honestly, I felt dirty and a little thin. The night before was fun, I laughed, I don’t think I cried, I drank a little too much and escaped from reality.
That morning as I drove back to Central Michigan University I was overwhelmed by the thought that, “There has to be more than this.”
There had to be right?
Tom Brady has asked the same kind of question:
As a college freshman I wasn’t very successful, but I was beginning to wrestle with some huge questions. The kinds of questions that altar your life.
Ephesians 5:15 says, “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” This phrase, “making the best use of the time” has captured me.
From my Sophomore year at college until today, this verse haunts me. It has informed every decision I have made about how I understand God’s calling. There have been few decisions that haven’t been run through the grid of “is this wise? Is this making the best use of the time?”
So many of family have died untimely deaths. Every time it happens it shocks me back to the reality that tomorrow is not promised.
If tomorrow is not promised, I need to live to the full today. How can I make the most use of today? How can I use this day with wisdom? How can I bring just a little more light into the world?
How about you? Are you seeking to make the best use of the time given to you?
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