Mentor's Tip # 1

Mentor's Tip # 1: The Power of Sanctified Time

NKJ Genesis 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

The more I study the Word of God, the more I am blown away by His wisdom. It could be said that God is the ultimate authority on time management and productivity. Only He could create and organize a universe in six days!

What I find interesting is that before God ever sanctified a place or a people, He sanctified a time. God pulled out His calendar and said to man: "You get the first six days in a week, but the seventh day I want you to spend it with Me." I guess the Lord knew how we can get sometimes. We get so busy in the mundane things of life that we easily forget the most important ones! Later on, after He redeemed His people from Egypt, He expanded His appointed times (divine appointments) to include His Feasts in which all males had to appear before Him in Jerusalem.

The point of all this is: God placed within our DNA the need to sanctify times for prayer, study and a host of other important things in our lives. What we do not schedule time for; we will never find time for. This is a Genesis Principle that seems to always work. We all have violated this principle to our own hurt. Now it is time to put this biblical Genesis Principle to work for you, instead of against you.

Step 1: Get a Daytimer or other type of scheduling system. You will find them at Wal-Mart, Staples or even many Drug Stores.

Step 2: Begin sanctifying time at the beginning of each week. Pull out your Daytimer and block out times for prayer and study. Consider these as "holy" times for you. These are times that you have appointments with God to either fellowship with Him or to learn from His Word.

Step 3: Be protective of those times. The enemy will do everything in his power to frustrate you and to keep you from your appointments. Refuse the tactics of the enemy and ask the Holy Spirit to give you the grace to keep and to use those times efficiently for the Kingdom of God. By the way, did you know that part of the anointing from the Holy Spirit is all about efficiency? Let's end this tip with looking at Acts 1:8 from the Amplified Bible:

AMP Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power [ability, efficiency, and might] when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends [the very bounds] of the earth.

Go forth and be efficient by the power of the Holy Spirit!