This is the era of multitasking. I work on my computer while watching TV, text while driving, listen to my ipod while doing everything. In one of the many letters he wrote to his son in the 1740s, Lord Chesterfield offered the following advice: “There is time enough for everything in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once, but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.” It has been proven that multitasking really isn’t more efficient than doing one thing at a time. I know I have to rewind the story on my ipod often just because I’m thinking of something else while listening to a book. Here’s some great advice: Wherever you are, be all there.
Our minds are so cluttered that we overlook the joy just in being alive today.The Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Ephesus, “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity.” (Ephesians 5:15–16) Every moment of the day we should be fully engaged in the most important thing that needs to be done at that time. Notice I say “important” not “urgent.” Have you ever been involved in a conversation with someone who stops talking to you to pick up a ringing phone or to answer a text? We need to learn to “totally” devote our attention to what we are doing.
So what’s important. In Colossians 3:17, Paul suggested, “whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus.” If we “seek first the Kingdom,” we will find that we have plenty of time for all that is really important.
Just as important as your to-do list—and perhaps more important—what’s on your to-don’t list? One of the great benefits of focusing on the eternally important is that it leaves no time for things we should be involved in.
Make the most of the moment, be all in it and be blessed.
Many of the thoughts for this meditation were borrowed from Craig Groeschel, the founder and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv. His latest new book is called WEIRD: Because Normal Isn’t Working.
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