The Burden of Busyness

The Problem

• In 1967, futurists predicted we would make so much progress that by 1985 the average workweek would only be 22 hours.
• Advances in technology have enabled the opportunities to sleep less, stretch wider, and work more.
• “If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy.” -Corrie ten Boom

The Passage

• To prioritize godliness in an ungodly culture, we must scrutinize how we practically live our lives (5:15).
• We tend to drift toward unwise habits of how we spend our days (5:15).
• To redeem our time, we must confront any rival distracting us from using our moments to the fullest (5:16).
• An hour spent on evil pursuits is an hour robbed from prioritizing God’s will (5:17).
• God’s Word provides us with the general principles of God’s will to apply in our specific contexts with the time we have left (5:17).

The Process

• Stop prioritizing your schedule and start scheduling your priorities.
• Stop permitting time-stealing distractions to dictate your life. 
• Stop giving the most important relationships the least intentional time.