You cannot have both.
Every choice eliminates the alternative.
You buy a particular book. With that money, you cannot also have a different book.
You choose to do a particular activity. You cannot also use that specific amount of time to do something else.
Regardless what you choose, that time is gone. The opportunity is over.
“If I go to school, I’ll be x years old when I finish.” “So…how old will you be in x years if you don’t go to school?”
Our Choices Have Eternal Impact
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” (Matthew 6:24)
“Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.” (Hebrews 12:1)
“If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth.” (1 Peter 1:17)
Choose Wisely
Choose what builds up (yourself and others)
“All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.” (1 Corinthians 10:23)
Make best use of your time and your opportunities
“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:15–16)
Be a good steward of “your” money
““But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You.” (1 Chronicles 29:14)
Assess Your Choices
Assess yourself by looking at your checkbook and credit card statements. Did you use “your” money wisely?
Assess your use of time, using your calendar or monitoring yourself for a few days. (But don’t think you have to do something every minute—plan also to Rest For the Glory of God.)
Review your opportunities. Did you seize them, or ignore them?
We Are Accountable
We are accountable for our choices. Choose wisely.
