Some days I like to throw on some music, and one of my go-to artists is Aha Gazelle. The first song that came up on shuffle today was 24, and I couldn’t help but pause when I heard it:

“Thank you Lord for that new 24.”

Man, it hit me different today. Now, I try to be intentional every single day — but I wasn’t always that way. I used to be lazy. Real lazy. My dad used to make me read Proverbs growing up, and Solomon didn’t hold back on how he felt about laziness.

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,  and poverty will come on you like a thief.” (Proverbs 6:10–11)

That was always in my face. And even with all that wisdom staring at me, I still had a two-year stretch of straight-up slacking. I wanted to shortcut everything in life. I wanted the bag without putting in the work. I wanted the harvest without sowing the seed. But deep down, I knew that’s not how any of this really works.

I wrote another blog titled Work As Unto the Lord, and it still rings true here. Because when we honor God with our work,  when we actually recognize that a new day is a gift —m, everything shifts.

Aha said it best:

“You got a new 24, what you gonna do with it?”

That lyric hit me like a challenge. Like a call to action.

So I’m asking you the same thing:

➤ What are you doing with that gift of creativity?

➤ What are you doing with that gift of imagination?

➤ What are you doing with that mustard seed of faith?

Every day, we’re given a blank slate. Another shot to show up. To keep your hand to the plow. I’m not telling you to grind seven days a week m, God Himself set the rhythm of rest. But what about the other six? What are you doing with them?

I believe we’ll be held accountable for how we used our time.

And here’s the thing about this “new 24”,  it’s not just a reset. It’s grace. Every morning you wake up is another opportunity to work as unto the Lord. To pursue purpose. To build with faith. To move with urgency.

Let me leave you with this:

Maybe, just maybe,  if we knew the exact date we were going to die, we’d try to game the system. We’d say, “I got 25 years left… I can chill for 10 and go hard for the last 15.” But that’s not how life works. We don’t know. That’s why every breath is a chance. Every 24 is a gift.

So don’t waste it. Don’t scroll it away. Don’t wish it away.

Do something with your 24.

God Bless The Entrepreneur®