STEEMCHURCH- LIVING A BALANCED CHRISTIAN LIFE II

About few days ago we started this important topic of Living A Balanced Christian Life and how essential it is to every believer. Just as it is necessary to eat balanced diet, so also it is necessary to live a balanced life. Living a balanced life entails creating equilibrum amongst every of our activities which include our work, our marriage, our academics and our spiritual life.

Just as it eating balanced diet is a pre-requisite for growth, so also living a balanced life is a pre requisite for every believer's growth like wise.

God has words that we all need to apply to every part of our lives and these words comes in;

a.) Promises which we are to work in through faith because Christ has finished the work on the cross.

2Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind.

b.) Instructions that needs to be applied through our actions.
There are principles in God's word that we are to follow in order to succeed.

• Diligence: Diligent is a vital key and and a factor that must be possessed before you can succeed through God's word.

Proverbs 10:4 He becomes poor who works with a slack and idle hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

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God's word places much emphasis on being hardworking and diligent to attain success. To be a successful student, you need to set your goals, so also to be a successful husband o worker you need to set your goals. What do you want to accomplish? Goals are the vehicles to reach your ultimate destination. Goal setting will give you direction, purpose, and motivation. After setting goals, you need to work on discipline to ensure that your set goals through determination comes to accomplishment.

• Time management and usage

Ephesians 5:14 Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light.(B)
15 Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people),
16 Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil.

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Time management is an essential key. Time management is a skillful co ordination of several and divergent activities within a specific day or time to produce result. It is also seen as the day to day process of planned and controlled use of time through elimination of time wasters and utilization of time savers, priorities, schedules and delegation. As a christian student, you have different engagements such as attending classes , reading going for church meetings, visitation and so on, hence managing time is very essential. Champions are not super humans; they are men who have the understanding of time and seasons. Wise men are effective time users so, your success in every thing you do in life as a whole depends on your time management ability. A good inventory of time begins with goal setting.

How Do I Make Wise Use Of Time?

Firstly, you have to respect time (Eccl 3:1-8). Give appropriate time to every daily goal either in hours or in minutes. A man who fails to plan his time may become double-minded and unstable in addressing his priorities.

Secondly, Avoid time wasters; To waste is to put to wrong use. Time can be wasted in the following ways;

i.) Procrastination : Procrastination is putting off till later what you ought to do now. The reason why most people don't go far in life is because they side step opportunity and shake hands with procrastination.
Procrastination is the grave which opportunity (important time) is buried. Make every moment count by doing what you have to do at the right time.

John 4:35 Do you not say, It is still four months until harvest time comes? Look! I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields and see how they are already white for harvesting.

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ii.) Unnecessary Visitation: Learn to control your visits, always visit for a purpose. Time wasters also include spending excess time watching movies, games and surfing the internet unnecessarily.

iii.) Use Time Savers: Time savers include ;using a daily plan, setting deadlines for every goal and delegating responsibilities where possible. Don't over burden yourself with too many obligations and promises, there is time for everything.

It is important to know that there is a future in the past. Stop looking at where you have been and start looking at where you can be. Your past cannot be changed, but you can change your tomorrow by your action of today.

Why Is It Essential To Live A Balanced Life As A Christian?

• To prosper and achieve good success. God's desire is to be with us and grant us success in life and we can achieve this as we believe and apply God's word to our lives.
  
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• To reveal God to the world. Since we achieve good success when we live balanced through the wisdom of the word of God, it serves as a way to reveal God to the world as there are so many persons who find it difficult to live a balanced life and are failing, but through our success which they see, they can be led to knowing and seeking God.

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men that they may see your [z]moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and [aa]recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven.

• To give glory to God, Glory and praise is brought to God when we succeed in all parts of our lives and when others are drawn to God because of our good success. To give glory to God is God's desire for our lives and so we must ensure that we live balanced.

In conclusion, to live a balanced life, seek God's word and be full of them,apply them in faith and in work, allocate time for every activity, be disciplined in following your daily plan, evaluate your achievement and correct errors where necessary and have a time for leisure and relaxation. God honours men who honour time.

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