The Same Amount Of Time

The Same Amount of Time

Basketball legend Jim Valvano learned something very valuable that we need to learn as well. He once said, “There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s up to you to decide what to do with them.”

We are probably aware of the number of hours in a day, but we need to remember that we truly do get to decide how to use that time. So how are you spending your 86,400 seconds each day? If you are anything like me, you find yourself working on your computer or your tablet while spending time with your kids. It’s easy to take the time we’ve been given for granted, so we trade time with our kids for time near our kids. The older my children get, though, the more I understand how precious time really is.

When this book is released, I will have a little over two and a half years left with my oldest at home. He will be off to college before I know it, and between now and then, he is going to be stretching his wings to fly a bit.

Dr. David Klingler, former Heisman Trophy candidate, NFL quarterback, and now professor at Dallas Theological Seminary, has a clear sense of his time. I invited him to take a spring break trip with me to Cuba to lecture in the seminary there. He declined, saying, “Roger, I only have two more spring breaks with my oldest at home. I am on the clock, and I am going to make the most of it.” I’ll never forget the time awareness he had, and I admire him for it.

Ephesians 5:15-17 states, “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is” (ESV). The Bible declares time to be precious. What are you doing with your time today?

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Ephesians 5:15-17, ESV