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LEADERS ARE PUNCTUAL

my most precious gift – one that I could never regain once I had lost it.
Wasting time is a slow suicide! It is nothing short of killing yourself, second
by second...minute by minute...hour by hour...day by day! Once you
“kill time” – regardless of how much or how little – it is forever gone. It
is dead time that can never to be resurrected. Leaders are committed to
doing everything in their power to be punctual so they do not waste their
time, or other people’s time. They increasingly discipline themselves to
use their time purposefully and productively.

“The greatest time wasted

is the time getting started.”

(Dawson Trotman, Founder of Navigators)

As we saw by the Bible verse that introduced this chapter, the Apostle Paul
was a time conscious person. He was a man on a mission – a divine mission. On
the Damascus Road, his chronos time was invaded by the kairos of Christ
to the degree that his priorities were forever changed! From that moment
on, Paul was a sanctified man who was set apart exclusively for the kairos
of God! He had a “heavenly vision” (Acts 26:19) that gave him earthly
significance! It was the kairos of Christ that gave him a holy passion for
living and leading! He even went so far as to say that the use of time was
one of the distinguishing marks between a wise man and a foolish man.
As such, he preached and practiced the principle of “...redeeming the
time” (Eph. 5:16; KJV). Various translations render these words of Paul
this way:

“Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise, but

as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the

days are evil.” (NIV)

“So be careful how you live, not as fools but as those

who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity for doing

good in these evil days.” (New Living Translation)

“Pay close attention to how you live. Don’t live like

ignorant men, but like wise men. Make good use of every

opportunity you get, because these are bad days.” (TEV).