Did you know there's a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy - running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything - is the same as wasting your time? It's frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort! I think a lot of our busyness is an attack from Satan, and I believe there are seven different ways that he causes us to waste the time God has given us.
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The first way we waste time is through what I call "dead works." A dead work is trying to make something happen and no matter what you do, it's just not working. The reason it's not working is because it's your work and not God's. There's a difference between working the works of God and the works of the flesh. Dead works wear us out and produce no fruit. They are done with wrong motives and only bring us frustration. They steal our time and distract us from what God has for us.
The second way we waste time is through worry. Worry will actually fatigue you and can even make you sick. Worry pulls you away from your fellowship with God. Matthew 6:25-26 says, Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? (The Amplified Bible). These verses remind us that God will take care of us! But when you choose to worry, you open a door for the devil to work in your life. When you pray instead, you open a door for God to work.
Source: Christian Post
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