READ: ECCLESIASTES 3:1-8
The year ahead of you is
like a puzzle, a challenge. To make the best use of it requires the ability to
reduce wastage of resources especially time. To do this, before solving any
problem that confronts you, first carry out an in-depth situation analysis to
correctly identify the problem. One possible cause of wastage which must be
tackled is planlessness. In Genesis 1:1-3, after the Holy Spirit identified the
problem of the earth, God evolved a plan to solve it. Even in carrying out the
plan, He followed the principle of first things first. The first thing He
needed was light hence He provided for it. The light He created helped in
putting other things in place. Do you have a plan? Like they say, if you fail
to plan, you plan to fail. No success is achieved without a plan. In maximizing
your time, care should be taken to eradicate waste. In this wise, you must come
out with a plan for the year.
Another time waster is non-setting of goals or targets. In God’s plan, He carefully spread out a series of activities against each day. Then He sets daily goals and targets for Himself and works according to His targets. Many people face each day, week, or month or even year without goals. If you do not set goals for yourself, you will lose the sense of time. You will also fail to correctly assess your performance. If you set five targets to be accomplished in a day, at the end of which you performed three, you will be able to measure your level of success for the day.
If you plan to birth a parish in the next 10 months, you should determine your needs and draw up a plan that will cover what you need to do, spread all through the 10 months period. One good thing about setting and following daily goals is that it helps you to do things at the right time and prevent last-minute preparation. Many students fail, not because they are not intelligent but because they do not plan their success strategy. They assume they have much time and keep on procrastinating until they are so close to examination period. When it is a few days to exam, they will be confronted with so much work and will panic. If you plan and set targets on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, you will not be under any undue pressure. Do everything according to its time.
Another time waster is non-setting of goals or targets. In God’s plan, He carefully spread out a series of activities against each day. Then He sets daily goals and targets for Himself and works according to His targets. Many people face each day, week, or month or even year without goals. If you do not set goals for yourself, you will lose the sense of time. You will also fail to correctly assess your performance. If you set five targets to be accomplished in a day, at the end of which you performed three, you will be able to measure your level of success for the day.
If you plan to birth a parish in the next 10 months, you should determine your needs and draw up a plan that will cover what you need to do, spread all through the 10 months period. One good thing about setting and following daily goals is that it helps you to do things at the right time and prevent last-minute preparation. Many students fail, not because they are not intelligent but because they do not plan their success strategy. They assume they have much time and keep on procrastinating until they are so close to examination period. When it is a few days to exam, they will be confronted with so much work and will panic. If you plan and set targets on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, you will not be under any undue pressure. Do everything according to its time.
MEMORIZE:
ECCLESIASTES 3:1 –To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven.
