WHAT SAYS THE TIME?
TLB Ecclesiastes 9:11
Again I looked throughout the earth and saw that the swiftest person does not always win the race, nor the strongest man the battle, and that wise men are often poor, and skillful men are not necessarily famous; but it is all by chance, by happening to be at the right place at the right time.
The ordeal of this generation is the lack of understanding of what the general and their very own time is saying.
Time says different things per time. There was the year the Israelite time was saying “Egypt o’ clock” then came the time it was “wilderness o’clock”. But for another thirty(30 years), the Israelite never knew what their time was saying.
Moreover, there was a year their time was saying “Canaan o’clock” but they were still in the wilderness. What of their “Babylon o’clock” which their time said for 70 good years, but then they couldn’t understand when their time changed to “Jerusalem o clock”.
Thanks to God for a man of understanding – Daniel (Dan.9:1-3).
He sought the face of God for the alignment of Israel and her time.
This message therefore speaks volume about the efficacy of understanding and appropriate use of time.
No matter how long you wish for an old man, he can not live as long as he had lived. Hence the need for a careful handling and use of the time at hand.
A FEW FACTS ABOUT TIME
- Time is one of the natural resources that are not in abundant supply
- It is in expandable; it is inelastic
- Time is life currency; it’s life’s legal tender.
- It is irrecoverable once lost.
- Time is equally distributed among men.
- Time is a free capital in all dreamable investments.
- Time is money, in short, time is wealth.
- Time management is the key factor determining productivity
- Time is only second to life in every sense.
- In a sense, time is life; it is the unit by which life is calculated.
Generally speaking, no single wealthy man ever mismanaged time. They don’t joke with their time because it is the major raw materials they use in generating their wealth.
Employers pay their employees in time. Employees render their services and calculate their wages per time.
Appointments are booked on time. Events are planned in time. Targets and goals are set in time.
Medical Doctors work with time and duration, Lawyers quote constitutions written and amended at specific times. Farmers sow and harvest according to time and season. Even the bible says there is time and season for everything and every purpose under the sun.
OPTIMIZING YOUR TIME/SEASON OF DIVINE WEALTH
1Thessalonian.4:11-12
i. Embraze and Maximize your time because it is what makes your destiny unique.
ii. Mind your own time and your own dream for that is all that makes your life viable, relevant and achievable.
iii. Never waste your time comparing your achievement and journey with anyone else’s own. Your timing is uniquely designed and divinely booked
iv. Be sensitive, focused and calculating in order not to miss the opportunities your timing is going to bring your way. Some of them might not appear attractive, while some will lay hidden in your adversities.
IMPORTANT POINTS ON TIME MANAGEMENT FOR WEALTH CREATION
Genesis 1:1-8
- Know what you want to do with your life that will lead you up the path of wealth and fulfillment.
- Manage your time for productivity along that very line. Crown your time as king in your life and submit to its authority.
- Be time conscious, don’t waste your time.
- Make every minute of your life count.
- Commit something productive to every second of your life.
2Kings.5:26-29
f. Understand the NATURE and the DEMAND of each time and season of your life.
Ecc.3:1-3,11 & Ecc.8:5-6
g. Maintain Order 1 Cor.14:40
h. Success of every dream is directly attached to the rightness of its time/timing. God’s backing is only sure in the right time of the dream
i. Put your activities and pursuit in the right order. Let everything be done decently and in order
j. Organize your time and systematize your work. You can never be greater than your ability to organize your thoughts.
Proverb.6:6-7 & Ecc.12:1-3
k. Value your time above all your treasures
l. Time is the universal currency, don’t spend it, invest it.
m. Your present time is your CASH AT HAND, Your future time is your DREAM INVESTMENT, use your cash at hand as your capital for your dream investment.
n. Think generationally so that you can achieve generational wealth.
o. The best use of your time will not only enhance your PROSPERITY but also give you POSTERITY, helping you leave your footprints on the sand of time; you will live on in history and in the hearts of men.
Proverb 16.9; Proverb 19:21 & Proverb 24:27
p. Set your wealth creation goals and targets for your times (short and long terms)
q. Develop the plans to reach the goals within the time assigned.
r. Renew or change the plans whenever it’s necessary but try as much as possible not to change the set time of achieving the goals.
s. Don’t stop at planning. Your destiny requires more than a plan to succeed. ACT WITH THE REQUIRED ENERGY TO REACH THE GOALS WITHIN THE GIVEN TIME.
Your generation will not benefit from your PLAN, but your ACHIEVEMENT OF THE PLAN.
‘Biodun Atunwa