DO YOU HAVE TIME?

We are all BUSY! The sad thing is that we are busy doing things that don't matter.

In the Bible, Martha was so busy making a perfect dinner. Mary was sitting at the feet of Jesus. Jesus said, "My dear Martha, you are worried and upset over all these details! There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her" (Luke 10:41-42, NLT).

Start simplifying. Start eliminating. There IS time for prayer, worship, Bible reading, praise. There is time for Scripture meditation. There is time for relationships. There is time for relaxation. There is time for soaking in the beauty of creation.

All the time you need is found in the time you are spending doing the multitude of things you don't have to do. It is found in some of the things you should do, but don't have to do perfectly. The time IS there!

The secret to success is doing things in order of priority. I love the 80/20 rule. There are so many applications of it, but there is one I especially like. This is it: “You get 80% of your results from 20% of your activities.” That means that 80% of what you do isn’t really important!

Begin to spend your time doing the things God wants you to be doing. You will find that 80% of what you normally do is somewhat irrelevant, just a mindless distraction, or could be done by someone else.

You can change your life. Yes, you can!