By Design

God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years.”

Genesis 1:14

Have you ever stopped to think, Why am I doing everything I’m doing? Is this really God’s will for my life, or is it just what I think I’m supposed to do?

Questions like these can wake us up. They can shake us out of living by default instead of according to God’s design. The symptoms of a life lived by default are mechanically going through our days, probably feeling unsatisfied and unmotivated, and doing what everyone else is doing. God has planned so much more for us.

Time is sacred. Let’s throw off the default life and learn to spend it wisely and well. Let’s prayerfully take an inventory of where our time goes and how that aligns with God’s plans. We always have the one true God to guide us—the one who lovingly formed us and numbered our days (Psalm 139:15–16).

Lord, please help me to be a good steward of the days You bless me with. I want to live joyfully in the sacred time You’ve appointed for me.