I highlighted worry, bitterness, and fear as covert sins. They are futile and therefore a waste of time. Everything that the Lord did was strategic, and pre planned before the beginning of time. John 5:19 says, “…Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.”

We redeem our time by waiting for the Holy Spirit to lead us. Galatians 5:16 says, “I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” John 15:5 reminds us that apart from Him everything we do is futile ~ accomplishes nothing.

Mental gymnastics feed the lust of our flesh. It is our flesh that seeks to figure things out, in order to best accomplish something that we want to do. Our good works were preordained, but we cannot walk in them when we are in our flesh. Galatians 5:17. Ephesians 2:10.