Time: Enemy or Friend?

When I look at Abraham’s life, I see that the promise lingered – and as the promise lingered – so Abraham’s faith started weakening – so that he accepted his wife’s proposal to accept a concubine.

We read about Saul that ended up sacrificing to God, instead of waiting for Samuel to arrive, and that was one of the critical moments in his life that caused him to lose his throne.

We see that David, when faced with too much free time, allowed himself to get led away into temptation with Bathsheba.

Moses spent 40 days on the mountain, in intimate fellowship with God, having a revelation of God like probably no other human had ever had during his earthly sojourn.  However, during those same 40 days, Aaron and the rest of the Israelites lost their faith, and made an idol.

Each of us have been given a lifetime.  There are 70, maybe 80, sometimes as many as 110 years in our lifetime.  During this lifetime, there will be all sorts of things coming our way.  But whatever comes our way, we have a choice to make.  Are we going to use the time to get closer to God, or to allow ourselves to drift away from Him?

It has been my experience that, unless you make a conscious disciplined effort to build yourself up in your faith through regular reading of the Word, and prayer, time will pass you by, and you will find time becoming your enemy.  However, if you spend time, regularly, meditating on God’s Word, praying, listening for His voice, then time becomes a friend, drawing you every closer and closer to the Heart of God.