I thought it might be fun this week to repost my top blogs over the last few years. There is a tremendous amount of response I get from my blog and I am so grateful to everyone who reads them and is inspired by them. My hope is to encourage you and challenge you to live the life God has created you to live. Enjoy these old posts that you may remember or may have missed…

Here is #4 of My Top 5 Most Viewed Blog Posts…

TIME KEEPS ON TICKIN’

Time is a funny thing…We all have the same amount of time in a day, 86,400 seconds to be exact.  No one gets more time or has less time.  We ALL live within the same paramaters.  You can’t earn more time and you can’t buy more time.  So why is it that some people seem to have ALL the time in the world and some seem to have NO time at all? Why can someone get 100 things done in a day and others struggle to get 5 things done? Why do some people seem to multiply their time and others can’t seem to even find their time?

It’s ALL about our APPROACH to life.  There are 2 types of people who approach life, those that say, “Good morning Lord.” or those that say, “Good Lord it’s morning”.  Our day is determined by how we approach it.  How we approach life determines our daily agenda.  Our daily agenda determines our productivity.  Our productivity determines our success.  I think there are 3 types of people when it comes to time, those that are…

1. A Victim Of Their Time – These are people that are being beaten up and knocked out by their schedule.  They have the inability to say, “NO” so therefore they are consumed with “stuff” that clutters their life.  These people have no defense against the time stealers that are robbing them of productivity.  They over-schedule and commit themselves to more than they can handle.  Remember when Moses was trying to lead ALL of Israel by himself? His father-in-law, Jethro, came to Moses and told him he needed to raise up other men to lead.  Jethro said, “The thing you do is NOT good”.  Victims have to stand up and defend their time or they will be slaughtered by it.

2. A Manager Of Their Time – These people are simply keeping their head above water, treading back and forth.  They are not getting ahead in life, they are just maintaining what they have.  Managers usually just keep their life from getting too crazy.  Their focus is on keeping the ship afloat, so they are doing their best to throw any extra water that gets in the boat back out.  Managers of their time are stressed out trying to keep from being overwhelmed by the daily demands of life.  Most people feel like if they manage their time they are doing well.  They never really feel like they have time to do the things they want to do, because the immediate sucks up every ounce of energy.  They are left with little or no room to up their productivity.

3. A Leader Of Their Time – These are the people who make time work for them.  They control their time, their time doesn’t control them.  They are focused on getting the things done that REALLY matter and will yield a fruitful harvest of their labor.  They do not waste their time on good things, they spend most of their time on the BEST things only they can do.  They delegate the rest to others or surrender it up altogether.  Leaders of their time do things that they feel “called” to do, and things that they are “purposed” to do.  Jesus spent His time leading it and doing the things the “Father” did (John 5:19).  Jesus led His time and did the things that were purposeful for Him to do.

Everyday counts, so make the most of it and aspire to be a LEADER of your time.  This is something I have to CONSTANTLY keep in check as I approach each day and life in general.  Being in ministry it is easy to get caught up doing ALL the things that have to get done and never being able to focus on the things that you want to do.  I think we all struggle with finding our balance, but the more we work on it the more we can become a leader of our time and do the things that will make the greatest impact!!!