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Lesson Nine: Time Management Word Versus Deed It is fair to say that my father is a cynical man. He likes to joke that one of these days, he’s going to collect all the cynical things that he and other members of my family have said, inscribe them on sheets of bronze, and entitle the result The Book of Bassford. Were he ever to compile such a book, the first entry would be, “People always find the time to do what they want to do.” If we’re really committed to doing some-thing, we’ll find a way to fit it into our lives. If we aren’t, we’ll shrug and say, sincerely but incorrectly, “I couldn’t find the time.”This principle is useful for the way it illuminates the priorities of others, but it is especially useful when we apply it to ourselves. What really matters to us is revealed not by our fine words and good intentions, but by what we actually do. The choic-es that we make accurately reflect our priorities. In particular, those choices accurately reflect the im-portance we place on God. If we give Him all kinds of lip service but can’t find the time during the week to serve Him in truth, our lives show He actually isn’t very important.As the Bible repeatedly says, failing to put God first is a disaster in the making. If we aren’t giving God our time, we need to make the time to give Him. The more we do this, the more our devotion to Him will in-crease. The Lord has said that where our treasure is, our hearts will be also, but it is also true that where our time is, our hearts will be there too. This material is subject to a Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial-no derivative works license. This means that it may be reproduced, shared, and used freely, provided it is attributed to the author, not used for commercial purposes, and not altered in any way. For more information, please see creative commons.org