“We do not segment our lives, giving some time to God, some to our business or schooling, while keeping parts to ourselves. The idea is to live all of our lives in the presence of God, under the authority of God, and for the honor and glory of God. That is what the Christian life is all about.” R.C. Sproul

              In a sense, the division of our time is practically divided into such silos of work, rest, entertainment, family, or church. Different days of the week and different schedules of the day routinely give time to different aspects of daily and weekly life. This can lead to intense attempts to balance our hours, to cover the needs of life with sufficient allotted time, and to find time to recover from the cycles of life.

              A fundamental error of man lies in this piecing together time resources to cover the necessities of such daily life without seeing the whole as life before God. We have forgotten that we are called to be stewards of our time as much as stewards of our tangible resources like money and our intangibles like skills and talents. Such stewardship attitude prevents us from losing sight that all of life is intended to be worked out before our Creator.

              No part of the day, of the week, or of our lifetimes are exempt from consideration in how they serve God. We cannot step away from this responsibility and choose how we spend a period of time without looking at how it serves God. While this initially feels burdensome, we are told in Matthew 11:28-30 that His burden is light.

              With this in mind, we can order our days, weeks, and years in light of our stewardship to God. We should order our beliefs, our thoughts and feelings, and our practices in light of seeking after that commendation of “good and faithful servant” (Matthew 25:23). We and others around us who follow this example will flourish in God’s blessing through such work.