1 Corinthians 14:40 (BBE)
Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.
A schedule or a timetable is a basic time management tool, which consists of a list of times at which possible tasks, events, or actions are intended to take place, or the chronological order in which such things are intended to take place.
Look at your schedule, it’s planned out for the month or year in advance, everything included from sleeping time to holidays but often, the most important item that should be prominent in our schedule is the one missing; the all-important time spent with the Lord.
Let all things be done decently; in their proper forms, according to their importance, Everything in life and our Christian walk should be conducted with gravity and composure, suitable to the importance of the things, and the necessity of the souls.
Psalm 29:2 admonishes us to give the glory due unto God’s, rather, the glory of his name. His name is Mercy, his nature is love. Ascribe mercy, love, power, and wisdom to him.
Ascribe a time and place to the Lord. Do you write in the time with the Lord in your schedule?
Have you got a planned time and duration to spend time in worship, prayer, and the study of the word of God in your schedule?
And in order, have you scheduled the time with the Lord in order? Everything in its place, (worship, prayer, study, offering and evangelism, everything in its time, and everything suitably.
Let all things be done decently and in order, this is a direction for all that concerns our faith, and life. How much pain, confusion, and loss would be prevented, were we to schedule time for eternal activities that will affect, influence, and benefit us!
Everything in life, industry, civic and domestic runs on schedules; imagine the chaos that will ensue if a train or a machine fell behind its scheduled time. According to Ecclesiastics 3:1-2, no business, trade, art, or science can be carried on to any advantage or comfort, unless peculiar attention is paid to it. And as to religion, there can be absolutely none without it.
David says in Psalm 5:3 that he calls on the Lord in the morning just as the Lord declared in Lamentation 3:22-22 that His mercies are renewed every morning. The Lord scheduled you in His plan, why are you not scheduling Him in yours?
How can you look to the Lord if you don’t have a time of fellowship with Him, Moses spent time with the Lord in Exodus 34:29, as your face will only become radiant according to Psalm 34:5 when you spend time with the Lord.
Most people’s schedules are packed with inconsequential and worthless things- lunch meetings, gym time, beauty consultations, mini-breaks and holidays but no schedules time for spiritually uplifting and enriching activities.
We make professional and organisational schedules that will make us more productive for promotion which may sometimes fail but according to Proverbs 16:3, when we commit our works unto the Lord, following His direction and leading, begin, continue, and end in His name, He will make our plans prosper by establishing them.
Our faith is nurtured and strengthened when we spend quality time in bible study, prayer, and worship. When we worship the Lord in the beauty of His holiness according to Psalm 29:2, His beauty becomes ours. Check your schedule.
Shalom
