We as human beings are very clock-driven. We plan entire days around time. We design work, family, recreation, and even worship around tightly fashioned schedules. We might even think that our time is our own. It’s not. It’s His.
In Psalm 31 David expresses His belief that all of life’s circumstances are under God’s sovereign control. In his cry of deliverance he says, “My times are in Your hand.” It’s a climax with a beautiful confession of faith, “But I trust You, O Lord.” David found hope, strength, and relief in the hand of the Time Keeper.
I find it interesting that the Hebrew Word picture for time is conceived as an opportunity. Its root meaning is duration, experiences, and filling of time. I think what David is really saying is that my times of opportunity, all experiences, and filling of my time are all in Your hand. What a powerful revelation.
We are told that Solomon was very wise. He was blessed with the wisdom of God after he had, lived a long prosperous life. He wrote the book of Ecclesiastes. In Ecclesiastes 1:3 he declares that, “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” God’s purpose.
Acts 17:26 tells us, “He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and boundaries of their dwellings that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.” God determines our appointed seasons. There is no such thing as useless time. There is a set time and set season for everything that the Lord has in store for you in life.
Understanding your time and seasons will help prevent you from making a lot of mistakes in the future, and it will also help you from making wrong turns and unwise decisions. If we understand the season, we will know if it is the right time to make a move.
We should make the most of our time, and conduct ourselves having the fear of the Lord (Holy fear) during our time on earth. Knowing that God loves us and cares for us enables us to stay steady in our faith regardless of what time we are living in. It keeps us from sinning foolishly by taking the time into our hands in God’s timetable.
‘See then that you walk circumspectly not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil” –Ephesians 5: 15-16
We need to rescue the time that remains in our lives. We can only redeem today and plan to redeem tomorrow, because yesterday is gone. We alone are responsible for using what God has given to each of us -time. When we do that something amazing happens.
“He makes everything beautiful in its time” -Ecclesiastics 3:11
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