“Behold now is the accepted time; now is the day of salvation.”
Paul gave the Corinthian Christians a reminder from Isaiah 49:8 about the importance of time. I want to share a few thoughts that I had recently about time. First, time is a gift from God. I guess it is difficult for us to see time as gift, but it is, indeed, a gift from God. We need to view the time that we spend on earth as a gift to be used to benefit the kingdom of God and our fellowmen (fellowpeople). I look back over the time that I have wasted and I wish that I had some of it back so that I could make better use of it. I think you probably know what I mean. I do not mean that we should never take “time off” for rest or for a vacation. Also, I do not mean that we need to use our time being “religious” and talking in stilted tones. I have come to the conclusion that most of the time our best use of time is to be decent human beings. (Don’t you agree with me that Jesus showed us how to be good human beings?) Second, time does not wait. Chaucer wrote that “time and tide wait for no man,” (Nor does it wait for any woman – just to be politically correct.) I served in the U.S. Navy from 1956-1960. I remember thinking that 1960 would never get here. Believe me it did get “here” and it flew by afterward as well. If there are things that you know you need to do, and, perhaps, things that God would have you do, to quote Paul and Isaiah “now is the accepted time” to do them. It is not just the accepted time to be saved, but it is the accepted time to do God’s will for your life. You are here for a purpose, or for purposes, and you need to discover what those purposes are and get about them, because time is not going to wait for you. This leads me to the third point: Time is to be used wisely. This does not mean that we should never take time for ourselves, or for our families and friends. Even Jesus took time to rest, reflect and pray. He even spent time with children. Our wise use of time is as much in our thought lives as in our activities... For example, (Here I go bragging again.) there are not many waking hours that I am not thinking of what I should write in CouchPotatoRedux articles –even when I’m watching TV. (Yes, friends and family, even when I’m watching “American Pickers” and Hallmark movies.) I’m not calling on you to be a workaholic, but to just remember Who is in control of your time and use it wisely. Think of the gifts that God has given you and use them, not just in church work, but in your daily life. Bro. Joe
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