Stewarding Our Time
Ps. Brenden Brown | October 12, 2025
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12
Psalm 90, written by Moses, gives us one of the clearest biblical frameworks for time: God is eternal, and we are not. Life is fleeting — a vapor, a dash between two dates — and yet, every moment is sacred.
Moses prays, “Help us to interpret our lives correctly.” In other words, help us live with divine perspective — to steward well the time, talents, and treasures You’ve entrusted to us.
1. Time Is a Gift from God
Genesis 1 reminds us that “In the beginning, God created…” — including time itself. Night and day, seasons and years — all are part of God’s design. He stands outside of time, but we live within it, accountable for how we use it.
Psalm 31:15 says, “My times are in Your hands.”
Every sunrise we wake to is a divine deposit — 1,440 minutes — a gift we can’t earn or extend, but we can steward it.
“One day we will close our eyes for the last time — and when that happens, we’ll be home with Jesus.”
2. Time Is Precious
James 4:14 says life is “a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes.”
Moses understood this — our lives are short, but God’s wisdom makes them significant. To “number our days” doesn’t mean to count time but to make time count. Wisdom is not found in how long we live, but in how well we live for God’s purposes.
Time is one of the only resources we can never recover — once spent, it’s gone. That’s why wise people treat every minute as a sacred trust.
3. Time Is Purposeful
Paul writes in Ephesians 5:15–16: “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity.
When you realize your days are limited, you live with greater intentionality. John Maxwell says, “The most important day of your life is today — not yesterday, not tomorrow.”
Each day is a seed toward your future. Each decision is a stroke in the painting of your legacy.
Craig Groeschel often says, “Successful people do consistently what others do occasionally.”
Stewardship isn’t about dramatic moments — it’s about daily faithfulness. The small, consistent habits you build today shape who you become tomorrow.
What we fill our lives with what truly matters — faith, family, purpose, eternity — the rest finds its rightful place.
“Seek first the Kingdom of God…and all these things will take care of itself.” — Matthew 6:33
4. Time Is Seasonal
Ecclesiastes 3:1 reminds us, “To everything there is a season.”
Life unfolds in rhythms — sowing and reaping, joy and sorrow, waiting and fulfillment. God makes everything beautiful in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:11).
Our role is to discern the times — to know when to plant, when to pause, and when to move.
Sometimes God redeems wasted years in ways only He can: “I will restore the years the locusts have eaten.” — Joel 2:25. So even when we feel time has been lost, God can restore what was stolen and multiply what remains.
5. Time Is Now
Paul says in 2 Corinthians 6:2, “Now is the favorable time; now is the day of salvation.”
Today is all we truly have. Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow isn’t promised. Worry and regret rob us of the present. Faith, on the other hand, calls us to live awake — to obey God now.
Jesus told His disciples, “You say there are four months until harvest, but I tell you — lift up your eyes, the fields are ripe.” (John 4:35). In other words, stop waiting for ‘one day when’ — start living on mission this day.
6. Time Has Eternal Impact
Every moment echoes in eternity. Paul writes, “We fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” — 2 Corinthians 4:18
When we steward time well, we invest in what outlasts us: people, purpose, and the presence of God. So let’s live like eternity matters — because it does.
Prayer:
Lord, teach us to number our days.
Help us to see each moment as a gift, not to waste it on distraction or fear.
Give us wisdom to steward our time, talents, and treasures with eternity in view.
May our “dash” between birth and death point people to You — our eternal home.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.