Today’s Dad Joke:
Q: What was George Washington’s favorite kind of music? (Click for the answer!)
Time == The Great Equalizer
Time is our most precious resource because it’s the great equalizer. We all get the same 24 hours. We use language like “saving,” “making,” or “finding” time, but we can’t actually do any of those things. Money, however, is the opposite: we can find it, save it, and—as long as we have labor or goods to trade—we can make it.
When we talk about “stewardship,” we often default to money—specifically the tithe. We feel like “good stewards” because we give 10% back to God. But what about the other things He gave us? Our talents, our thoughts, the spirit of our hearts, and our time? These are just as measurable if we are honest with ourselves.
I’ve been feeling convicted about this. Emptying a trash can at church for five minutes doesn’t check the “stewardship” box for the other 167 hours of my week. It isn’t just about doing more “church chores”; it’s about how I steward the time I “keep” for myself.
There are a lot of worthy causes I can give my time to. Choosing the priority and worthiness of those causes are an important aspect of good stewardship. Taking time for personal care where it concerns health is also being a good steward of the body and abilities God has blessed me with. That is not a free license to make more “me” time, but a reminder that I need to be healthy in order to be at my best for serving others.
So as I cancel streaming services and move the consumption of both the time and the money involved away from financing the companies that produce the often questionable entertainment and move it all toward something else, it is important to keep in mind, “Are these other endeavors bringing glory to God?”
Colossians 3:23 – Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men
Radios didn’t exist in the 1700s but imagine if they did. If Washington and his men had been blasting heavy metal during that famous morning commute across the Potomac, history would look very different. Their discrnment and stewardship of time brought glory to the colonial army.