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Redeeming the time!
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Posted on: 28th Mar 2014
Ephesians 5:15-16 (KJV)
15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Reflections:
If we were to look up in the word redeem in the dictionary it would mean to �buy back� � (with a media equal to, or greater than the basic value). For example Jesus bought us back from sin with His own perfect, sinless blood � He redeemed us from the curse of sin and death.
The Greek takes this word �redeem� (exagorazo) to mean: to buy up, ransom; figuratively to rescue from loss, to improve opportunity.
As we apply this to �redeeming the time� it means that we are to place a very real value on time (to buy it up, improve its usage and make opportunity out of it)-- to invest it properly as good stewards of God. Time can be wasted, squandered and have a cheap price tag attached to it. But to God it is a precious commodity.
The other operative word: �circumspectly� (akribos) means to walk exactly, diligently, perfectly before God�s revealed will for us (all day long). And finally the exhortation that we are not to be fools, but wise � I think we can all agree that we are surrendered by temptation and evil, all the time!
Sound like a tall order? It is if we try and do it in our own strength, but if we learn to rest in Jesus� and to be fed and led by the Holy Spirit it comes quite naturally (spiritually speaking that is) �
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