| | Ephesians 5:15-17
15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
This passage cuts me. It cuts me deeply, because I waste so much time.
I've always had a time waster, at least in recent memory. First it was Zelda, then it was NHL 2002, then it was Civilization 3, then Yahoo! Games, then it was Lensmoor, then it was Civ 3 again, then Smash Brothers, and now it's the Internet. Not so much Facebook anymore, though I use it frequently, but a mashup of Facebook, ESPN, CNN, two car blogs, a tech blog, Wikipedia, IMDB, the occasional Daily Show/Colbert Report video...you get the point. None of the above are particularly bad; they're all (mostly) clean fun if you use them right, but that's the thing. I can't use them right. I'm not satisfied with going to ESPN.com once a day - I have to make it three times, and the second time, I'll read all the comments on the articles and get caught up in petty flame wars with fans from teams that got steamrolled by the Penguins. I look at the clock; an hour is gone! Brendan! What are you doing?
So when God, through Paul, tells me that the days are evil and that I should look carefully at how I walk, I grimace. Man! These things are so much fun, but what are they doing? Are they refreshing me to go back into battle, or do they keep my slackjawed gaze fixed on a bunch of pixels while a war is being fought around me?
We have such a sense of purpose as Christians. As Albert Barnes says, "He that has a heaven to win has enough to do to occupy all his time." How true is this? I've lost more than one weekend because I've been so absorbed in getting ZA ready for prime time. What if I had that same kind of abandon, seven days a week? Would I run out of ways to serve the Lord? Of course not!
So here's to change. Here's to looking carefully how I walk. Here's to understanding what the will of the Lord is, because when you have a vision, a goal, you're more likely to walk towards it in a straight line.
And here's to ZA! It's launching on Wednesday! :D
Cheers,
Brendan |
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