Read today’s texts first: Matthew 8-10
We run short of time for one of two reasons:
mismanagement or doing more than God is asking.
mismanagement or doing more than God is asking.
As I read again about this busy time in Christ’s ministry, I recalled an article that had a significant effect on my life. I read it shortly after a time management course I took at seminary when I learned techniques for keeping time-waster-type people from sitting down uninvited in my office. This article, entitled The Joy of Interruptions, restored to me a healthy perspective of spiritual time management.
Jesus had 3 ½ years of public ministry, during which time He had to recruit and train disciples to lead churches that would quickly turn the known world right-side up. This was an aggressive goal for a whole life-time of ministry, but 3 ½ years? C’mon! It becomes even more amazing when you read how often Jesus was interrupted. Even His interruptions were interrupted! A case in point is found in chapter 9:18-26. While He was already running late to help Jairus, whose daughter had already passed away, He took the time, after feeling a gentle tug on His cloak, to heal a woman with a chronic blood disease. Somehow He still managed to help Jairus out too, by raising his daughter from the dead!
The article explained that interruptions are often an indication of gifting – people who come to you, seeing in you something you have to offer them. Helping them is often more important than the paperwork sitting on your desk.
God will fulfill His plan through my life if I am obedient to do what He asks me to do each day. “Lord, help me to take the time needed to deal with each assignment You give me, whether it seems like an interruption or not. I know I always have enough time to do Your will.”
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