Myth: I am the author of my life. I can use my time as I like, according to my will.
Faith: God is the author of Life and Time as well. He is the begining of the time "The Alpha and Omega" When we are using someone elses's things we will be careful right, So God is expecting us to be careful how we use our time.
Let us try to understand this thing that God is the author of life and time.
When we say that God is the author of life and time, it implies that both our life and time are the most valuable and precious things, which are not in our control, but in God's hands. We know that our life is in the hands of God, He can keep it or remove it according to His own will. But let us examine this concept of God is in control of time. As a matter of fact all of us is a part of time but God alone is outside the realm of Time. That means we live for from somepoint to somepoint in the time, but God has no begining and end. He is there before the time began and will be there after this time ends. Within His time he gave life for us to live.
Therefore the time we have in this world is a debt we owe to the God. And God lend this time to us to live according to His will and glorify Him. It indicates we are not to use our time purposelessly but we have to utilise it wisely for the Glory of God.
Now what does this using wisely means. Whenever we clean the leafy vegetables for cooking, we collect all good and healthy leaves and reject the wrinkled, old and unhealthy leaves. Likewise, we have to set what are our goals and select our activities accordingly and reject all other irrelevant activities. This helps us save our time and reach our goal within the set time.
For example, if our goal is to reach Delhi from hyderabad by the end of the day, obviously we take the next flight and go, but we wouldn't take a train that takes atleast 18hours right? If we have to go in next two days, we can book a train ticket and go leisurely. That means, we schedule our work according to our requirement.
Then if our requirement is to live a life that glorifies the God who gave it to us...then why do we waste our time on the worldly things, instead of focusing on eternity? It doesnt mean that we do not need anything of this world, but our focus should be only on what we need in this world for us to prepare for our eternity. To give us eternity, to make us also eternal beings as He is, God Himself stepped down into this world and offered Himself as atoning sacrifice on the cross so that whoever believes in this shall have the eternal life.
We donot know when our time comes to an End. Then how can we be leisurely in using our time rather than using it wisely all the ways? How can we be focusing on mortal things than eternal things? How can we waste time collecting pebbles instead of seeking Jewels?
