What would you do if every morning your bank phoned, informing you that your account had been credited in the amount of 86, 400 pennies ($864)- but with the stipulation that it had to be spent that very day? No balance could be carried over to the next day. Every evening cancelled whatever sum you failed to use. Think about what you would do with such a gift.
Leslie Flynn, in his book, It's About Time, says that we do have such a bank- called the First World Bank of Time. Every morning this bank credits your account with 86, 400 seconds- but no balances are carried into the next day. Every night erases what you fail to use. Failure to draw it out and use its treasure is your loss. No previous day's time can be reclaimed.
Maybe this is why Paul says in Ephesians 5:15-16, "Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil." He realized the value of time and that it must be spent wisely. How are you spending your wealth?
