Time is a precious commodity. We all have the same amount given to us each day, yet so often we don't feel we have enough and that which has passed we cannot retrieve.
Each day we choose how we spend our time, but so often we can be driven by circumstances that leave us feeling out of control of that which has been given to us.
The Scripture declares that we should be redeeming the time. (Eph 5.16, Col 4.5)
Redeeming the time means to buy it back. In a culture where life is lived in the fast lane of continuous activities and busyness, where demands are being made on us by our jobs to do more, achieve more and perform better, we must be making radical decisions about the time we have and how we will use it. We must break ourselves free from the mould of the world and the pattern that it follows.
Our life is a preparation for eternity. We each have a call from God to know Him and complete the race set out for us (2Tim4.7, Heb12.1). But how much of my time is devoted to this cause?
That which is important to me will not be known by what I say is important, but by looking at the hourly diary of my life and what my time is given to.
Will I choose to give the best of my time to sit at the feet of Jesus and soak in His Word (Luke10.39,42)? Will I choose to arrange my schedule around seeking God in prayer rather that try to fit God into my existing plans?
The Scripture states,'. . knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.'(Rom13.11)
The time is short. May I make the days and years that God grants me on this earth count for eternity so that I may look back without regret when my time here is fulfilled.
- sent from Palm T|T3
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