Qualitative Time Management

UV 1509/10000 Qualitative Time Management
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

Matthew 6 v 34

Every day and night is like a full dress rehearsal of life and death. Yet even after ten or twenty thousand such rehearsals we are not prepared for what each new day brings. Jesus said that each day will bring forth enough trouble of its own and therefore, why should we add to it by worrying about tomorrow or what the future holds for us. We should just focus on the priorities of the day and the topmost priority is talking with the Lord. He will bless the day and give us what we need or what Jesus called “ daily bread” in the prayer He taught us to pray. Having talked with the Lord, heard from Him through His Word, worshipped, praised and prayed, we can then throw ourselves fully at the challenges of the day. He gives us wisdom and counsel. He will guide us and help us navigate through the complexities, uncertainties and dilemmas we face every day of our lives.

Rome as well as our home is not built in a day but day by day. We need to be patient and labour with all our strength as well as hope with all our heart. When we worry or are anxious unnecessarily about necessities, we are robbing ourselves of the power-the prevailing power of wholesomeness. Neither our efforts nor our hope will be whole-hearted. We can expect and ask the Lord to be with us every step of the way. Just as evil or trouble is sufficient for the day, His grace is sufficient to overcome it. The qualitative aspect of time management is that we do not fritter any time vainly worrying about what is yet to happen.

The day’s dynamics makes our lives exciting and interesting. The Lord will be with us in different manifestations throughout the day. Sometimes, He will be with us as He was with Moses and Joshua. We will have victories and breakthroughs. Sometimes, He will be with us as He was with Peter- we will walk on a metaphoric sheet of water or He will restore us after our denial and betrayal of Him. He will be with us as He was with Mary Magdalene- teaching us. He will be with us as He was with the disciples on the road to Emmaus, listening to our sorrows and healing it. People can listen to our words but only God can listen to our hearts’ sorrows and desires. He is with us as He was at the marriage at Canna, making up for the shortages in our lives in miraculous, supernatural and natural ways. He will be with us as He was with Simeon- we will get a glimpse of His face at times and in some situations in our day. He will be with us as He was with Lazarus, resurrecting our hope and our lives in hopeless situations. At all times of the day, He holds a banner of victory or Nissi over us. The day’s troubles cannot thwart or overcome us. We will sleep to rise again tomorrow.


Prateep V Philip