It was a class on Time Management. The teacher took a big bucket and filled it with stones. Once it was filled with stones, he asked; ‘Is it full?’ Students replied loudly, ‘Yes.’
But the teacher took some small pieces of stone and filled the gap between the stones. Then he repeated the question, ‘Is it full?’ The students were in a dilemma. They were silent.
The teacher took some sand and filled it in the bucket again. The bucket was full and no space left. He asked the question again, ‘Is it full?’ They answered, ‘Yes.’
But the teacher was clever. He took some water and poured it into the bucket. The bucket contained the water too.
The professor asked the children about the message they received from the experiment.
As it was a class on time management, one of the students understood the point and said, “Even those who complain of having no time, can find some valuable time left, if they try.” The teacher interrupted and said, “the morale of this experiment is not so.”
Thus if you find time for important things first, then you could manage your time fruitfully and with ease. Time spent for unnecessary purposes, will take a lot of valuable time away from our life.
“I have no time to pray, love, speak with others or help others...not enough time to finish up my jobs. These are the complaints of the modern man. Even I had gone through this problem many times. But now I learn that God was not at the center of my life during those tough times. God is the most important factor in our life.
Shortage of time is the result of God loosing importance in our life and less important matters finding more importance in our heart. In other words God has given us enough time to take over all the responsibilities that He has entrusted us.
“When the Holy Spirit takes control of our life, we can find time for everything. The Holy Spirit helps us to accomplish more things in a short time. Sometimes I find it difficult to do essential duties required of me. But when the Holy Spirit helps me I can do it, sometimes even completing it during a journey. The problem is not time, but the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Busy schedules and lack of time will lead us to spiritual aridity. God is never busy with anything. If we tune ourselves with God in prayer, we could find enough time. If we are not to lose important time, spend time with the most important in our life. Spend more time with God, we will find time to do our responsibilities that He has entrusted us.
Useless reading, unnecessary conversations through mobile phone, fruitless journeys, spending time in day dreams and thoughts of despair, addictions to the internet...if we could be free of these, we would find enough time for more useful and fruitful things in our daily life. For this we need the help of the Holy Spirit.
Let us pray: “Dear Lord, teach me to use my time fruitfully.”
A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away; A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace. - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NKJV).
But the teacher took some small pieces of stone and filled the gap between the stones. Then he repeated the question, ‘Is it full?’ The students were in a dilemma. They were silent.
The teacher took some sand and filled it in the bucket again. The bucket was full and no space left. He asked the question again, ‘Is it full?’ They answered, ‘Yes.’
But the teacher was clever. He took some water and poured it into the bucket. The bucket contained the water too.
The professor asked the children about the message they received from the experiment.
As it was a class on time management, one of the students understood the point and said, “Even those who complain of having no time, can find some valuable time left, if they try.” The teacher interrupted and said, “the morale of this experiment is not so.”
The morale of the story
“It is because we filled the bucket with big stones first, that we could add more things into it. If you had gone with the small things first, you could have never filled it with big things.Thus if you find time for important things first, then you could manage your time fruitfully and with ease. Time spent for unnecessary purposes, will take a lot of valuable time away from our life.
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| The flow of sand in an hourglass can be used to keep track of elapsed time (credit) |
Shortage of time is the result of God loosing importance in our life and less important matters finding more importance in our heart. In other words God has given us enough time to take over all the responsibilities that He has entrusted us.
“When the Holy Spirit takes control of our life, we can find time for everything. The Holy Spirit helps us to accomplish more things in a short time. Sometimes I find it difficult to do essential duties required of me. But when the Holy Spirit helps me I can do it, sometimes even completing it during a journey. The problem is not time, but the fullness of the Holy Spirit.
Busy schedules and lack of time will lead us to spiritual aridity. God is never busy with anything. If we tune ourselves with God in prayer, we could find enough time. If we are not to lose important time, spend time with the most important in our life. Spend more time with God, we will find time to do our responsibilities that He has entrusted us.
Useless reading, unnecessary conversations through mobile phone, fruitless journeys, spending time in day dreams and thoughts of despair, addictions to the internet...if we could be free of these, we would find enough time for more useful and fruitful things in our daily life. For this we need the help of the Holy Spirit.
Let us pray: “Dear Lord, teach me to use my time fruitfully.”
Inspiration Bible Verse
To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And a time to laugh; A time to mourn, And a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; A time to gain, And a time to lose; A time to keep, And a time to throw away; A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak; A time to love, And a time to hate; A time of war, And a time of peace. - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NKJV).
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