How to: Stop Wasting Time

Good Monday Morning!  

Today, I want to share 3 verses found in Proverbs 16 continually shape & reshape my thoughts about what’s important in life and where I spend my energy.

Connecting & applying truths of Scripture to my everyday life does 1 of 2 things at all times.

1. A Report card showing where I need to grow 💯

2. A Mirror reflecting the truth of who I am (so I’m not self-deceived) 🪞

Proverbs 16:1-3 does both…

The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.

All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit. 

Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. Proverbs 16:1-3

• Proverbs 16:1 - Plans of the Heart: My plans are my plans because they are my plans. I think them up, write them down and carry them out. But the answer: Whether my plans come to fruition or not…well now that belongs to the Lord.

• Proverbs 16:2 - Pure in his own eyes: What I do always make sense to me. I want a car, house, new job for reasons that seem clean to me. That’s why I do what I do - it makes sense to me, in my own eyes. But the Lord: [but] in contrast, the Lord weighs the spirit or in some translations - He weighs the motive ⚖️. I tell myself I want to have, be and do for reasons that make sense to me. But God weighs my spirit and He knows why I really want what I want and do what I do. {Great place for prayer - God why do I really want, say, do…🙌🏽

• Proverbs 16:3 - Commit Your Work: The Hebrew word used here for commit, means to “roll”. Think of rolling a boulder or car uphill. As you’re pushing hard to get that car up the hill, God’s on the other side pulling the car up the hill - for you. With that understanding: commit or roll your work/energy to the Lord. As you push, He pulls what’s bigger than you up the hill. And He Will: For me, it’s the certainty! We push - He pulls and He will make your plans stable.