Man can’t manage time. You can only manage yourself in light of the time God has given us. The teacher covers five things in this teaching: perspective, purpose, priorities, plans, and performance, with the main point of the teaching being, “It all has to start with God”. In God’s perspective, the time until Christ returns is short, so we want to live in light of the fact that he can come back in any moment. Our purpose in life is to glorify God in our lives as we await the end of the timeline. We have one priority: God first. Everything revolves around Him, and that sets everything in place. Our plans should include the things God says are urgent from His Word. In our performance, we do everything for God with focus and singleness of heart, diligently and accurately, remembering that time is short. Also, we can have patience because we know that Christ is coming back and that we will be rewarded for that on which we faithfully spend our time in this life while keeping God first and glorifying God.