Today. What to do?

"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." (Ps. 118:24)

God gives to us each moment of each day as a trust of time. Just as He has invested in each one of us certain amounts of talent, and certain amounts of treasure, He has also given us today.
We have basically three choices of what we do with that time. We can waste it. We can spend it. Or, we can invest it. It is a trust from God of which we are stewards (managers).

I can remember as a small boy receiving an allowance. Usually after getting it, I would say,"Mom, can we go to the store." She would ask, "Is that money burning a hole in your pocket?" As a child, I did not yet understand my choices.

We can waste our time. We can spend it doing nothing, or very frivolously. I remember going to the state fair as a boy. We would walk by the booths where for a quarter you could try and win a prize. The odds were stacked against me, and usually that was a waste of my money. I can be just as careless with my time and just waste it.

We can spend our time. We can use the time doing something that gives us a return of pleasure and promise. If I buy a sandwich, my money is still gone, but my body received something to stave off hunger, and hopefully nourish me. In the same way, I can work during the day to earn a wage to support my family. I can spend my time.

I can also invest my time. If we place money in an interest bearing venture, we get our money back and more. If we sow seeds in a garden, we can produce a harvest of more than we had to begin.
When we use our time wisely, it becomes an investment. Worship of God, prayer, evangelism and missions are a couple of things that come to mind as an investment.

When our church goes to West Africa, and we plant a church that can reproduce itself, it is an investment. When we see the African believers sharing their faith in villages we have never been to, we are seeing the return on the investment.

Today, it is a gift from God to you. Will you waste it? Will you spend it? Or, will you invest it in something that has eternal results? It is really your choice.