A Living Bread Ideas series
Who Owns Your Time
Who Owns Your Time. This is one thread of Living Bread Ideas: a set of essays that take a piece of ordinary modern life, ask who told us it had to be this way, and set it beside Jesus Christ. Not to call the world evil, but to ask what has been quietly behaving like a lord.
“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.”
Psalm 90:12Who Owns Your TimeYour waking hours belong by default to your work.Your Employer Is Not Your LordAn employer has ultimate authority over your life.Why Does Rest Have to Be EarnedRest must be justified by productivity.The Strange Religion of ProductivityBeing productive is a moral virtue.Is Being Busy a VirtueBusyness signals importance and worth.What Is Work Actually ForWork exists mainly to earn money and status.The Sabbath Is More Radical Than You ThinkRest is a luxury, not a command.Nobody Reads Your Resume at Your FuneralYour occupation is the measure of your life.Why Does Freedom Begin at Sixty-FiveYou may possess your own time only near the end of life.Does Your Job Deserve Your Best HoursYour best energy belongs to your employer.
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The One all of this points to
Every essay in this series circles the same center. Your life belongs to God, and in Him it is finally free. His name is Jesus, the Bread of Life.
Come and seeJesus Christ is Lord.