How To Plan Your Life For Success & Handle Change P1: Dr. Myles Munroe’s Strategy | MunroeGlobal.com

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Write this down: The Power of Planning and Change. I want to focus for a few minutes on understanding the principle of planning and preparation and how it relates to strategic thinking. To the young people here tonight, especially those under 25, you are important to me. If you’re between the ages of 25 and 40, brace yourself for massive change. If you’re over 40, you’ll learn that things you thought were settled will be shaken—not negatively, but positively.

There are two powerful forces in life that we all deal with every day: time and change. You cannot control time, and you cannot control change. Time and change are the two most difficult components of life to manage, whether you like it or not, the new year is coming. A person’s life is defined by how they manage and use time and change. You become what you are based on how you use time and how you handle the changes in your life.

The key to your future is the successful management of time and change. You can’t stop either of them, so the only thing you can do is manage them. How you manage both will determine what you become. To simplify life for you: you are a product of how you use your time and manage the changes you’ve experienced. What you become in the next 10 years will be the result of how you manage time and change.

Let’s talk about time for a moment. Time is an incredible power. Every day, week, month, or year is a gift from God, given to us to fulfill a specific purpose. You were sent to Earth with a particular task to complete within a set amount of time. You don’t have forever to fulfill your assignment, so don’t waste time experimenting.

The passing of time makes you accountable to God. The next time you say “Happy New Year,” pause and reflect: what did I do with the past year? How much time did I waste? How much of it did I spend in unproductive habits, with people who weren’t interested in success, or on things that didn’t improve my life or health? We are accountable to God for how we use the gift of time.

Let’s turn to Job 14:5, which says: “A man’s days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed.” We’re all on a timer—life has limits. At the end of the year, many people suddenly pass away, some unexpectedly, with no sickness or warning signs. It’s as though they’re supposed to leave before the year ends. I believe there is a limit to our time, and we don’t know when our number is up.

Job reminds us that we only have a set time to complete our mission on Earth. Age doesn’t determine blessing. If age equaled blessing, Jesus would have been cursed because he died at 33, but he completed his assignment in that time. Some of you came to this meeting tonight, and you’re anxious to leave, but remember, God sent you here for a reason.