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OUR DAILY BREAD             Sat., Aug. 19, 1995   
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READ: Luke 12:16-21      
 
                 
                   ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE 
 
      "What profit is it to a man if he gains the 
     whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost?" 
 
                                -- Luke 9:25    
 
Everyone who knew him agreed he smelled like success. 
He had made his mark in his field and was known in 
the community for his impressive gifts.  He accom- 
plished so much because of time management. 
 
He had his priorities:  "God, family, and business" - 
not necessarily in that order, but they all had their 
place.  His family recognized his schedule and duti- 
fully fit into it. 
 
He had time for God too.  Once a day he read a brief 
devotional -- "God's 60 seconds," he called it.  On 
Sunday, God got a whole hour. 
 
A secretary protected his time.  No one saw him  
without an appointment.  No one, until... "I'm  
sorry; he can't be disturbed.  He's in conference." 
 
Although she didn't know it, she was right.  He 
was in conference.  God didn't have an appointment, 
but He had crashed in anyway.  What's more, He had 
set the agenda for the meeting. 
 
"Loving husband...good provider...Christian benefactor" 
were some of the phrases spoken at the funeral. 
 
But God said, "Fool!" 
 
We can make the most of our time, yet ignore eternity. 
We can let the passing dominate the permanent.  And 
we can do it all on a very tight schedule. 
 
                                -- Haddon W. Robinson 
 
  You've time to build houses and in them to dwell, 
    And time to do business -- to buy and to sell. 
    But none for repentance or deep earnest prayer; 
    To seek your salvation you've no time to spare. 
 
                                -- Anon. 
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           THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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     Without a right view of eternity,  
  we cannot know the real value of time. 
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THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Jeremiah 3-5

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