Nothing to Do?

by David Gibson

Two university students were talking. One lamented that there wasn’t anything to do in our small town. The other said he had once been a student in a large city where there was so much to do that his grades suffered as a result. He felt it was to his advantage to be in a community like ours, allowing him to concentrate on his studies. What one considered a liability, the other viewed as an asset. The student who realized he’d be tempted to waste his time had come to know himself and had grown wiser from experience. He now saw things from a different perspective.

“Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16).

There is no question that our days are evil. The question remains regarding how we walk and how we use our time.

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked ... but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night” (Psalm 1:1-2).

What a difference a new perspective can make!