Making the most of your time - Apostle Joseph Simwela

Making the most of your time

*Text*

. . .they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day.

*Ezra 3:4b NIV*

_prescribed for each day_

A prescription in this context is a plan to carry out something, each day for the set period.

For this set period, the Israelites had a plan spelled out on how they will spend each day.

It means they were living each day on purpose - prescribed activities in order to achieve something.

If we want to be successful in this life, then we need to take advantage of the little time we have.

In the text we have read, the goal for the Israelites was to successfully celebrate a yearly festival - and for this to happen, activities were spelled out, planned out or prescribed for each day.

In what season of the year are you?, What has the alpha and omega of your life instructed you to do? Why are you here on earth for?

- If your goal as a student is to pass your exams, what activities have you planned out on daily basis to achieve this?

- If your goal as a Christian is to grow spiritually, what daily activities have you planned out?

- If your goal as a Pastor is to plant a Church, what is your daily prescription of activities

- If your personal goal is to be debt free and become financial stable, what are you going to do each day to be successful?

Take note of this, a win by the end of the year blossoms out of the desire to win each day - a focus on maximizing your daily 24 hours.

Every man's life is in seasons and times, until you are able to figure out your season, times and daily activities will be disordered.

Your season is like the goal and times being objectives. No matter how good an objective is, if it's out of season or does not achieve your current goal - then must be removed.

Know your season, is it your planting season? - then stop eating your seed by pretending to be harvest time.

*Text*

To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: 

I have seen the God-given task with which the sons of men are to be occupied.

*Ecclesiastes 3:1‭, ‬10 NKJV*

What are you supposed to be occupied with? - thus your season and purpose.

What is your daily prescription of activities to fulfil your purpose?, Unless you have this spelled out then you are not ready to grow and be successful.

You do not have all the time to do everything - spend your time only on the things that lead you to your purpose and season.

*Making the most out of your time is our text for today*

How are you managing your time? You can recover almost everything whilst still alive here on earth, except time - 24 hrs. passed, it's gone for good.

You must maximize your efficiency with time by setting your daily goals based on what you are currently being asked to do by your creator.

God desires us to be productive here on earth and one of the strategy he wants us to use it's to be mindful of the time allocated to our life.

We must be good stewards of time by making every unit of it counts.

We can learn something from the camp of an enemy, 

*Text*

For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.

*Proverbs 4:16 NKJV*

Your enemy the devil : 

- will not sleep until your promotion is stopped, 

- Will not sleep until your contract has been hindered or terminated

- Will not sleep until your relationship go sour

- Will not sleep until your marriage plans have been stopped

- Will not sleep until your marriage ends in divorce

My question to you is:

What do you have on your daily agenda that you will not sleep until it is done?

Success emerges from all activities before a daily sleep - what have you spelled out to do before you sleep each day?

You are what you do in each 24 hours given.

If you knew the lengthy of time you have to fulfil your purpose here on earth - some of you could not be sleeping the way you do.

*Text*

“Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is.

*Psalms 39:4 NIV*

This must be your prayer, your life is so brief for you to do everything - focus!

The same brief moment you have to live here on earth, you want to be sleeping the whole day - wake up!

*I pray that God will show you how brief your moment is here on earth and how huge your assignment is, in the mighty name of Jesus!*

I want to leave you with this exercise, based on your current season or what you intend to do - 

Write something, that I will not sleep until the following have been done:

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List them and be committed to achieve them each day.

 _Thus the way to grow and climb higher - your route to success._

*God bless you as you take a step into maximizing your daily usage of time, be fruitful in Jesus name!*