Something to think about as you start a new week

It’s a new year. Perhaps you make resolutions. Here’s another you may want to add about how you spend your time — Apply yourself to discipline and listen to words of knowledge. Proverbs 23:12

Your time.
Your schedule.
The things you do.
The things you enjoy.

How do we honor God with them?
Consider the following questions.

Does the way we spend our time honor God?
Are we active, serving, studious?
Do we treat each day as a stewardship from God?
As though He has entrusted the hours to us?

Do we apply ourselves to learning more about Him?
Or do we just get by?
Do we seize the opportunity to serve others
Or pursue our own interests?

Do our hobbies help us serve God
Or distract us from Him?

Are we focused on leisure?
Do we fill our schedules with more and more?
How much time do we spend running here and there
Compared to enjoying the presence of God?

Are we exhausted or stressed?
Do we feel a sense of accomplishment or frustration?
Are we frugal or extravagant?

Are we committed to growing as believers?
Are we looking for opportunities?
Do we spend time with those who can help us grow?

Is carrying out His commission a priority?
Do we include it when we set our goals?
Do we make realizing our call a priority?

Resolve to “work the works of him who sent [you] while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. (John 9:4)

It’s a new year. Perhaps you make resolutions. Here’s one you may want to add — Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest; Proverbs 3:9

Your possessions.
Your wealth.
The things you have.
The things you earn.

How do we honor God with them?
Consider the following questions.

Does our work honor God?
Are we diligent, honest, and dependable?
Do we work as though God were our supervisor?
As though He would give us our evaluation?

Does our work ethic set us apart?
Or do we just get by?
Is our job an opportunity to serve others
Or further our interests?

Do our possessions help us serve God
Or distract us from Him?

Are we focused on acquisition?
Do we need more and more space to hold it?
How much time do we spend caring for things
Compared to caring for others?

Are we generous or tight?
Do we save or does money run through our fingers?
Are we frugal or extravagant?

Where do we do business?
Where do we invest?
Whom and what do we support?

Is our faith and security in our retirement?
Is our confidence in the economy?
Do we worry about our debt?

Resolve not to set your “hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.” 1 Timothy 6:17