Redeeming The Time

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:16

Because we are ‘in Christ,’ He has made us aware that He and all His people are on a mission.  The mission is the advancement of His Kingdom and the building of His Church.  Christ is accomplishing this by building people and then using people to build people.  He has saved us in order that we might participate in His larger purpose.  All of this activity is proceeding through history to a conclusion.  The conclusion is ultimately the eternal state, with a new heavens and a new earth.  We do not know when all of that will come to pass, but we do know that as individuals, we really only have so much time.  We may have, as Moses says, seventy or eighty years, but even at that ‘it is soon cut off, and we fly away.’  Therefore, if we are going to do anything to advance the kingdom and cause of Christ, now is the time.  Certainly, as we look to Christ daily to enable us to ‘walk circumspectly,’ we can also look to Him to enable us to ‘redeem the time.’  This will give us confidence that we will have many Divine appointments that we may point others to Christ.

Our Sovereign God of Grace
we rejoice that You will advance Your Kingdom
in every way that You desire.
We praise You that You have given unto us,
the privilege of participating in that advancement.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning