Imagine one morning you are awakened by a call from someone who says, “ Good morning. Someone has just deposited $1440 dollars into your account. You must use all of it today. Have a good day!”

I imagine I would think it was some weird phone scam, hang up the phone, and go back to bed.

But the next morning, you get another call. “Good morning. Someone has just deposited $1440 into your account. You must use it all today. Oh by the way, the $1440 that was deposited yesterday, that you did not spend, has been removed. Have a good day!”

Okay, so that was weird. So you decide you should just check your online banking. It was true. Everyday $1440 was deposited and what wasn’t spent in that day was removed, and everyday a balance of $1440 was put into the account. The call came every day. And everyday you had $1440 to spend as you pleased.

I would imagine that at first it would be odd to just spend it on whatever you wanted. Maybe even fun. But then, with time, you might imagine getting used to having $1440 deposited into your account everyday. You might even start taking it for granted, spending it here, spending it there. And then one day a fear might hit you in the gut, as you wonder to yourself, “What if I don’t get the money today?”

The moral of the story is this. Each day God gives us 24 hours, 1,440 minutes. We can choose how to use this time. But we need to remember that our time will one day run out.

There will come a day when we are called to account for how we have used the time and all the other resources God has given us.

Use your time wisely. Spend it on the things that bring you joy and bring joy to others. Use your time to love, to be kind, and to be generous. In all of it, Glorify God, the giver of time.

It is yours to spend as you wish. Spend it wisely.

Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Colossians 4:5-6