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Making the Most of Our Time · First15 Devotional

• 0:04
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin wrapping up our week, focused on centering our lives around Jesus, today we'll look at how to make the most of our time.
• 0:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Where we spend our time is where we place our value.
• 0:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: As you begin to examine your life today, make God give you eyes to see what's hindering you and what truly brings you life.
• 0:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: How we spend our time is foundational to how we center our lives around Christ.
• 0:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to the first 15 podcast.
• 1:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians chapter 5 verses 15 and 16, Scripture says, look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time because the days are evil.
• 1:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ephesians 5 verses 15 and 16 warns us, look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, making the best use of the time because the days are evil.
• 1:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our time is of the utmost importance here on earth.
• 1:51
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll never get back the days we spend frivolously pursuing the things of the world.
• 1:58
  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll never get back the time spent outside of God's purposes of receiving and giving love.
• 2:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Our time here is too limited and too important to spend on burdens, stresses, sin and worldly pursuits.
• 2:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: If we're going to make the most of this life, we must learn to center our time around the eternal value of meeting with God.
• 2:27
  [SPEAKER_00]: It's for this reason James chapter 4 verses 13 through 15 says, Come now, you who say, today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit.
• 2:44
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yet, you do not know what tomorrow will bring.
• 2:49
  [SPEAKER_00]: What is your life for you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes?
• 2:55
  [SPEAKER_00]: Instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we will live into this or that.
• 3:05
  [SPEAKER_00]: Looking at the ways in which we spend our time is one of the best ways to assess the posture of our heart.
• 3:13
  [SPEAKER_00]: If we spend all our time working for and thinking about the things of the world, we can know that we have not yet come into a right revelation of God's purposes for us.
• 3:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: If we spend the majority of our time simply getting through our days, trying to find happiness rather than seeking the face of our Heavenly Father, that we might receive sustaining, transcendent joy,
• 3:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: We can know that we have yet the surrender our lives fully to our king.
• 3:48
  [SPEAKER_00]: The great thing about the nature of time is that it is completely ours to do with what we will.
• 3:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: We can right now decide to make the best use of our time according to the purposes of God as revealed to us through Scripture.
• 4:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: We can right now decide to stop wasting precious minutes on
• 4:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: and instead invest our days in the lasting eternal and fruitful purposes of our Heavenly Father.
• 4:24
  [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 90 verse 12 says, teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
• 4:34
  [SPEAKER_00]: God longs to teach us how to use our days wisely.
• 4:39
  [SPEAKER_00]: He longs to give us a heart of wisdom that we might center our lives around meeting with him.
• 4:47
  [SPEAKER_00]: You have God Himself dwelling within you, ready to guide you into a lifestyle of purposeful living.
• 4:57
  [SPEAKER_00]: Choose today to open your heart and mind to the teacher, the very spirit of God, and live according to His well.
• 5:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: May you find peace, joy, and purpose in the ways in which you invest your time today.
• 5:16
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask God to speak clearly to you as you enter God at prayer.
• 5:56
  [SPEAKER_00]: As we begin, meditate on the importance of using your time wisely.
• 6:08
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ephesians 5 vs 15 and 16 says, look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time because the days are evil.
• 6:27
  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you very much.
• 7:02
  [SPEAKER_00]: And next, ask the Holy Spirit to show you any ways in which you've been using your time unwisely.
• 7:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Know that he is not a God who takes away all the things you enjoy.
• 7:18
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's not anti-intertainment friends and parties.
• 7:23
  [SPEAKER_00]: He's a fun God who truly loves you.
• 7:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: Don't mix religion in the heart of your Heavenly Father.
• 7:32
  [SPEAKER_00]: Trust that whatever he leads you to change will result in the absolute most fun, fruitful, and satisfying way you can live.
• 7:42
  [SPEAKER_00]: James chapter 4 verses 13 through 15 says, Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit.
• 7:59
  [SPEAKER_00]: Yet, you do not know what tomorrow will bring.
• 8:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: What is your life for you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes?
• 8:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: Instead, you ought to say, if the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.
• 8:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: And last,
• 9:03
  [SPEAKER_00]: ask God to help you spend your time wisely today.
• 9:07
  [SPEAKER_00]: Ask him to help you follow his direction as you go about the day set before you.
• 9:15
  [SPEAKER_00]: John 16 verse 7 says, never the less I tell you the truth.
• 9:21
  [SPEAKER_00]: It is to your advantage that I go away.
• 9:25
  [SPEAKER_00]: For if I do not go away, the helper will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
• 9:36
  [UNKNOWN]: Thank you very much for watching this video and I'll see you in the next video.
• 10:10
  [SPEAKER_00]: You can trust that God has the absolute best plan for your time.
• 10:20
  [SPEAKER_00]: Matthew 6A promises, your father knows what you need before you ask him.
• 10:26
  [SPEAKER_00]: He has every one of your needs sorted out.
• 10:30
  [SPEAKER_00]: He will provide for you perfectly.
• 10:33
  [SPEAKER_00]: You can trust him with your life and know that your job, family, and circumstances will be better in the capable and loving hands of your Heavenly Father.
• 10:46
  [SPEAKER_00]: Devote your time, job, money, and relationships to him that they might be filled with the blessing of God.
• 11:14
  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much for listening to today's podcast, making the most of our time.
• 11:19
  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Josh Miller with 1st of team.
• 11:22
  [SPEAKER_00]: Tomorrow we wrap up our weeklong series with the final episode, Living from Union.
• 11:28
  [SPEAKER_00]: Make sure to come back tomorrow so we can end this week strong with a final focus on what it looks like to live with a simplicity of pursuing God above all else.
• 11:40
  [SPEAKER_00]: Have a wonderful rest of your day and may God bless you as you see Kim.