What do you do in your free time? That’s one of those questions we ask to make polite conversation. But there is really no such thing as “free time.” All time has value. A better way to think of “free time” is to think of it as leisure time, or time away from our normal routine. But God still has something He wants us to do, even if it is playing games with our children, or going on a walk with our spouse.
God has a plan and a purpose for every moment He allows you to live. There is never a time when it is simply up to us to determine how we spend time apart from the will of God. Redeeming the time means continually listening to the voice of God and staying close to Him in order to detect His will for each moment of our day.
Remember all time is valuable time. Destroying the myth of free time gives the mindset to redeem the time.
Rick Grubbs is best known as the host of “Redeeming the Time,” a one-minute radio program featured on hundreds of radio outlets around the world. He has spoken thousands of times on Biblical time management in all 50 states and 26 other countries. He is the author of the book “Morning Momentum: God’s plan for launching an unstoppable day”. He and his wife Carrie live in Salisbury NC with several of their 12 children.
