![]() Some of the links in this post may be affiliate links. And the effective steward has organized his schedule in such a way that leaves him open to seizing these opportunities.ĭon’t let your diligence towards chronos choke out your attention to kairos. The effective steward not only recognizes these kairos opportunities but has the courage to leap upon them with all his might. Instead the effective steward is a focused watchman whose senses are attuned to the slightest hint of an opportunity. It’s not us putting our head down and plowing the field with as much vigor as we can muster. Though we want to use our minutes and seconds wisely, biblical effectiveness is not necessarily us ramming as much as we can into 24 hours. We must change our view of what effectiveness really is. ![]() I have to take advantage of my opportunities. The five minutes that I have a chance to share the gospel with an unsaved friend is a more valuable five minutes than when I’m processing my Email. Some moments are more valuable than other moments. Instead of viewing our time as seconds ticking by, we realize that not every second holds the same worth. Instead of looking at our time as grains of sand slipping through an hourglass, we view our time as opportunities flying by. But I was able to share the gospel with this unsaved friend of mine, we prayed together, and he expressed an interest in learning more about Christ. When friends of ours were going through a rough spot in their marriage, I went to lunch with the husband. When a friend is experiencing pain, we have a brief window of time in which to reach out to them. We only have such a brief opportunity to shepherd our kids when they’re still young children. Paul instructs us to redeem the kairos – to pay attention and take advantage of the opportune times and seasons. Our time on earth is so brief, and we want to be good stewards of every second that we have to glorify God on this earth.īut ironically, this chronos mindset can make us miss what Paul is saying in Ephesians 5. We should number our days as the scripture says. ![]() We have a list of things to do and only so much time to get everything done.īeing conscious of our minutes and seconds is a good thing. ![]() We define our workweeks by the number of hours that we work. We tend to think of our time in a chronos mindset. Kairos means an appointed time, an opportune moment, or a due season. Kairos is the word used for time in Ephesians 5:16 (which I examined in more detail here). It refers to time as a measurable resource. Both are Greek words which mean time, but they imply different things.Ĭhronos refers to minutes and seconds. Such is the case with chronos and kairos. We end up running headlong down a path that we think is correct, but we just get further away from where we should be. In our zeal to be good stewards of our time, we can miss the wisdom of the Bible. Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. We’re told that being proactive is the best course of action.īut which is a better model for effective time stewardship? The horse with blinders who plows the ground for hours and hours every day? Or the hawk whose sharp senses are scanning the area?
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