time

I journaled this today.

The Lord has been speaking to me a lot about time, and I decided that I would put this here on facebook, because the Lord wants to use this generation but he can't because we don't give him the time.

In psalm 118 verses 18 and 19, the psalmist says the following:

The LORD has chastened me severely,
but he has not given me over to death.

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness;
I will enter and give thanks to the LORD.

20 This is the gate of the LORD
through which the righteous may enter.

21 I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
you have become my salvation.


The psalmist knew that they would open for him. He declared- this is the gate, the gate of the Lord- only the righteous can enter it. I will give you thanks follows.

What is the Lord's answer? To save us. How often are we amazed at the Lord saving us? Should we be? Should we marvel at it? Or should we expect him to do it? What should our response be? Feel free to comment on this one. Following are my thoughts on the matter.


On the one hand, we should have faith. But on the other, we should never stop being thankful of what the Lord is doing. Taking something for granted means you don't care about it. Again this comes down to time. Time is your most valuable asset, so valuable that people are willing to pay you for it. Time is short. There’s only 24 hours in a day. 8 of those should spent sleeping, so there's 16 left. Another 8 is spent working at a full time job, plus travel time. Then you factor in breakfast and supper, morning preparations, daily tasks, etc. There's not a lot of time in the day. And young people (myself included) have more time than adults do. We don't work 8 hours a day. Most don't sleep 8 hours a night. We may not eat three meals a day. So, then, why is it that we all have to do homework the night before, miss our classes, and don't have time to serve? Because we are froogle with our time. We don't value it. We'll work hard at a job if someone is paying us to do it. What about God? Doesn't have a stake in this? Your life and time maybe free to you, but Jesus paid a very high price for it.

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This is something that I desperately need to work on. I need to be more efficient with my time. Please don't think that I am judging anyone. I just see the people around me and I try to be an example, but I don't think I am succeeding in that.

I will just close in saying this. Your actions speak louder than words. Your actions let others know where God truly is in your life. And the bible says that faith without works is as good as dead and can't and won't you save you. What are you willing to put aside to seek after God? Do you sleep through chapel? Do you let your homework get backed up so you miss fellowship with friends or miss chapel? Do you say that you're too busy to get involved in any ministries? If you’re saved, if you have the Holy Spirit, then you have spiritual gifts. It's promised. But you're given them to use them. And if you don't, then they won't develop, they won't multiply, and you'll never figure out what your passion is. The greatest gift will turn out to be your greatest passion. Coming from a secular society forces a person to live their Christian lives on a much deeper and more involved level than what I am finding here on a Christian campus. It's so easy to slip into a lukewarm contentment. Our professors pray for us, everything is handed to us, and everything is ok. The presence of the enemy is not felt very strongly here. When was the last time you were persecuted by Satan? Have you ever been persecuted by Satan?

If he's leaving you alone, then you're leaving God alone, and you're not a bother to him.

I do not say this to mean. I say this because my heart is seeking true, unadulterated and un-perverted passion from and for the Lord in the people around me, and I have not been finding it as much as I wanted to, coming here.
The presence of the Lord is strong in the faculty, in the student leadership, but what about you?