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How to Make Planning an Act of Faith<\/strong>

Time Management for Believers \u2013 Part 5

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A person who comes to the realization that he or she needs to manage what’s done with time is a person who wishes to achieve something that hasn’t been done. In other words, <\/span>people who need time management are looking to change the future, their future<\/strong>.<\/strong> Remember the ultimate goal of time management and planning is to design and achieve a future state you desire. It’s not to manage time or plan for managing time for the sake of it. There’s a goal, a dream, a desire for something or some action to be seen manifested at a future time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"People who schedule time for exercise aren’t scheduling it for the sake of exercise, but rather to achieve a desired weight or to eliminate a health issue, etc. There’s a purpose. People who plan are thinking about the future. Therefore <\/span>planning is an act of faith.<\/strong> In the faith community we would call this walking by faith. “We walk by faith, not by sight.” <\/span>[1]<\/sup><\/span> We see something one way, but make a plan, a set of actions to make it so that we can see it another way at some future time. Planning and managing what we do with time is an action of faith which works like this.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Change what you believe.<\/span>
    <\/span>Forget what others are saying to you and do what you do. People, normal people would have you believe that life just happens. That’s true for ordinary people. However, if you believe that you’re not ordinary or that you no longer have to be average, then you can direct your course. You can have a life that you design. To do so, we have to <\/span>stop listening to those who believe that you can’t and find some people who believe you can.<\/b> What you believe is what you become. For what’s in your heart produces what you see in your life. <\/span>[2]<\/sup><\/span>

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  2. Build your plan.<\/span>
    <\/span> Allow me to go <\/span><\/i>to the left<\/span><\/i><\/a> for a second. <\/span><\/i>Dreaming and imagining are the easy parts. Putting action to your dreams starts with planning. I’ve heard it said of Richard Williams, father to Venus and Serena Williams, that he had a plan for their lives that was over 80 pages long. Think about that for a minute. His plan for their lives was so important that he wrote it in great detail. When you become as serious about your life as Richard was about his and his girls, then you too will put the work in of having a plan. If for no other reason, your life is the business that God has given you to manage. Therefore you need a plan that paints a picture for where you’re heading and what you intend to accomplish with it. Have you answered questions like this about your plans for life?<\/span>\n