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Who Does Have the Time?


‘I don’t have the time.’ I hear those words…a lot. It’s almost become part of the standard greeting. It comes just after hello and often instead of how are you. It is as if we want to preempt any favor the other person may want to ask. Or perhaps we just want the other person to know, right up-front, that we are very busy. 

Why? Because busyness is next to godliness, or so they say. Isn’t our importance found in how busy we are? The best doctors are tough to schedule an appointment with because they are so busy, right? So that should apply across the board in every area of life. Right?

I’m not so sure.

Weren’t our new gadgets supposed to be saving us time? How do they take more time from our lives? More capability means more time to get more things done on our ever-growing to-do lists. If only it worked that way. It doesn’t.

Where does this leave Jesus? It can be really easy to let a week or two pass by, maybe even longer, and all of a sudden realize that you haven’t given much time or thought to God. We can give lip service all we want to where our priorities are, but one look back at our actual calendar reveals the truth.

I have also heard it said that if you want something done, you find a busy person to give it to because they clearly know how to schedule their time. That brings us back to feeling significant and capable when our plates are full.

I would put forth that significance happens when you have free time. Free time leaves us available for God, available for friends and family and available for new experiences that come along. If you can spare the time, consider what new adventures may come along, if only you have the time to see it.
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