Catching the Time

On your mark, get set, go! Wow, look at that time run. It's amazing how fast time can run by.

The problem with time, is that though it belongs to you, it has beens separated from you by sin, and you are going to have to pay a ransom price, i.e., redeem it, if you want it back so it can serve you as it was orginally intended.

We have all gone astray and had to be bought back in order to be brought back, and so it is with our time. Like a man in his sin, time is running amuck. But just how do you purchase the freedom of your time so that it can serve you?

Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
(Eph 5:14-17)

Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
(Col 4:5-6)

The interesting thing here, is that the Word of God says that the payment price for redeeming our time is walking in wisdom by understanding what the will of the Lord is in our lives.

Have you ever considered that if Christ bought you with His precious blood, that He should have claim to your time as well as your talents (i.e., finances and skills)?

So letting our time run amuck is not just a disservice to ourselves, it is a disservice to the God we serve.

God, help us to understand your will for us each day, and walk in wisdom with our time.

Yours in Him,

Pastor B.