Time

Once again, an entry from the pen of the excellent Craig Groeschel

Many people say, “I don’t have time for ______________.”

This statement isn’t true. The truth is, we have time for what we
choose to have time for.

Too many people today allow the expectations of society to consume most
of our time margin.

When God sends us an opportunity to make a difference, we often think
we don’t have time.

This is a huge problem for churches. In my opinion, most churches do
WAY TOO MUCH! We get busy managing ministries of the past and miss divine
opportunities in the present.

The way we create margin in our schedules is simply by doing
less.

What do you need to stop doing to create margin for God to use?

At my own church we have discussed this issue. We have agreed that we should be stopping things, particularly those that are not fully alighned to our values. However, we have not stopped anything. Not one thing. We simply have not had the courage.

Strikes me that we could well be preventing the Lord doing what He wants to do with us, by not stopping the things He no longer wants.