Sunday, December 14, 2025

Alex Buabeng-Korsah

TOPIC: THE HOLY WEIGHT OF TIME

THEME SCRIPTURE: “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12

PREPARATORY QUESTIONS:

1. Why must we know to number our days as Christians?

Time is one of God’s most generous yet sobering gifts. We adjust calendars with leap years because a year is not a clean 365 days but 365¼—a quiet reminder that we do not control time; we only steward it. Once spent, it cannot be recovered, re-lived, or exchanged. That irreversibility gives time its holy weight.

And yet, God is never pressed by time. He hears millions of prayers at once, stretches mercy across generations, and answers the humble “Lord, help me” at the precise moment it’s whispered.

Augustine wrote, “God is not in time; time is in God.” Since He gives us the very minutes we live, our use of time becomes an offering back to Him.

Scripture grounds this truth:

“Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.” — Proverbs 16:3

“For everything there is a season…” — Ecclesiastes 3:1–8

Paul warns, “Make the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16).

Evil days are not merely morally dark—they are days that steal, distract, and dull the soul. We are called to resist wastefulness not through frenzy but through intentionality.

Thomas à Kempis cautioned, “Do not squander your time; there is none more precious nor more easily lost.”

If God entrusts us with hours, He expects us to invest them in what reflects His heart— relationships, service, growth, worship, rest, obedience.

Precious one, the minutes you give someone—your child, spouse, church, friend, stranger—are fragments of your life. They declare what you truly treasure.

 Today, examine the things you spend your time on, and understand whether those things are worth your life. End your day with a brief reflection: Where did you use time well? Where did you lose it?  Then commit tomorrow to God before it begins (Proverbs 16:3).

May you honor God today with the precious minutes entrusted to you.

Remain blessed.

FURTHER READING: Psalm 90

Call to Salvation: Today is your day if you have not received salvation by turning over your life to Jesus Christ. Click here to do so.

QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD

1. What activities consume your time but do not nourish your soul or advance your calling?

2. Who in your life has been waiting for your time—and what keeps you from giving it?

3. If God evaluated your past week, where would He see faithfulness in how you stewarded time?

  PRAYER

Father, You are the Lord of time, and every day I hold is Your gift. Teach me to number my days with wisdom. Deliver me from distraction, waste, and delay. Help me invest my hours in what matters to You—loving people, serving faithfully, growing deeply, and walking in obedience. Let my time reflect Your worth. In Jesus’ precious name. Amen.

One-Year Bible Reading Plan

Proverbs 30; Hebrews 13; Psalms 6