MORNING MANNA 10-28-21
REDEEM THE TIME
“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.”- Eph. 5:16
Having just celebrated my eightieth birthday I don’t think I’ll ever use the well known phrase “killing time” again. As someone said, “Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them”. Point is, time is passing and I don’t want to waste it. Life is a gift from God and should be used for God.
We have only one life and how we spend it is of great importance. Sadly many go from day to day in a hap-hazzard way that results in a mis-spent life – or as the old song says, “Wasted years”. And it’s something that can’t be undone. What we do with our lives matters for time and eternity. Used wisely your life is an investment that pays eternal dividends. The question is “How will you spend it?”
The answer to that question is found in what you consider to be important – what you value. So, what is it? Pleasure? Possessions? Power? Popularity? We are all faced with a choice and if we are to get it right we must forget about what we feel and discover what is actually important. But, due to our tendency to please ourselves, that’s not always easy. If we are to get to the root of the matter we must have a sure standard by which we make our judgement. We have only two choices – our way or God’s word. Hopefully you have made the right choice which is to chart your course according to God’s will.
If we invest our lives in anything other than God’s work we will be wasting it. None of us know how much time we have left, so let us “…number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” ( Psa. 90:12). Remember what missionary C. T. Studd said, ” Only one life. Twill soon be past. Only what’s done for Christ will last”. – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
