To many people, success means different things. Success in this life is how effectively you use the time that is given to you. Each of us is the sum total of what we spend our time on. The individual you are today is a result of how you have used your time in the past. For example, if you are overweight, it may be because you have spent too much time sitting around eating and watching television and not enough time exercising and being active in other ways. Another example is, if you are ignorant (lacking in knowledge), you may be spending valuable time on aimless and unproductive activities that would be better spent on reading books and attending school that will give you a wealth of information. When the Lord God spoke to Hosea, here's what He stated: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. The way you invest your time determines the level of your success. That is true with anything.
We need to pay close attention to time because time is the true measure of life. Our life on Earth is essentially human consciousness residing in a physical dirt body that exists in a linear, but finite continuum of time and space. In the life to come, in eternity, time will not be a factor at all but now it is. In our physical existence we are bound by the constraint of time. Time is also the currency of life. Currency is the medium of exchange used in an economy to purchase goods and services. Just as money is the currency of an economy, time is the currency of life. Something to think about, wouldn't you say? Just as we use money to purchase things, we use time to purchase life. Financial success always involves the wise investment of money to get the biggest possible return for the smallest outlay. In the same way, success in this life means receiving the greatest returns and benefits--to ourselves as well as to others--for the time invested.
Every morning we all wake up with the same amount of time (currency), 24 hours. Where you go and how high you rise in life depends on how you spend and invest that irreplaceable currency (time). How much time do you spend reading and studying the Lord God's Word? God's Word is for the spirit man. Remember what Jesus stated to His disciples. But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. Jesus didn't do His own Will. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Seek the Kingdom and discover your purpose for living.
Hosea 4:6 John 4:32-34 John 6:38-40
~~W.R. Luchie
We need to pay close attention to time because time is the true measure of life. Our life on Earth is essentially human consciousness residing in a physical dirt body that exists in a linear, but finite continuum of time and space. In the life to come, in eternity, time will not be a factor at all but now it is. In our physical existence we are bound by the constraint of time. Time is also the currency of life. Currency is the medium of exchange used in an economy to purchase goods and services. Just as money is the currency of an economy, time is the currency of life. Something to think about, wouldn't you say? Just as we use money to purchase things, we use time to purchase life. Financial success always involves the wise investment of money to get the biggest possible return for the smallest outlay. In the same way, success in this life means receiving the greatest returns and benefits--to ourselves as well as to others--for the time invested.
Every morning we all wake up with the same amount of time (currency), 24 hours. Where you go and how high you rise in life depends on how you spend and invest that irreplaceable currency (time). How much time do you spend reading and studying the Lord God's Word? God's Word is for the spirit man. Remember what Jesus stated to His disciples. But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” Therefore the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. Jesus didn't do His own Will. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
Seek the Kingdom and discover your purpose for living.
Hosea 4:6 John 4:32-34 John 6:38-40
~~W.R. Luchie
