January 31, 2021
Time is something that we all know about. But it is hard to tell exactly what time is. Time is one of the factors that help us describe and locate any given event. We say, for example, “On last Sunday we celebrated Sunday School Appreciation Day”. We also ask, “What time do you have?” or with exasperation we might exclaim, “I don’t have time for this!” In the natural, we might say that time is one of the dimensions of the physical universe in which we live. May I remind you, man is a spirit that lives in a body, who possesses a soul? With that said, then the above definition cannot be complete in the spiritual realm, time is a commodity in the commerce of the Kingdom of God. It is the period between two eternities. Time emanates from God, who sits outside of time and in His sovereignty, orchestrates time. The wise man Solomon tells us in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter number three, there is a time for everything: A time to be born, to die; to plant, to pluck up; to kill, to heal; to break down, to build up; to weep, to laugh; and the wise man continues through the weary round of life to illustrate that to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Everything is appropriate in its own time. Although God has planted eternity in the hearts of men, even so, man cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end. Let’s examine time as the commodity of commerce in the kingdom “But when the fullness of the time was come God sent forth His son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” (Gal. 4:4-5). In eternity past, the God of the universe had you (and me) on His mind. Hear the Prophet Hosea: “Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy: break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you.” (Hosea 10:12). It’s time to live right, it’s time to act right, and it’s time to seek the Lord in every area of our lives. (In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.)
Question: Are you aware of the time? Hear the Apostle Paul: “the time is short” (1 Cor 7:29). “And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed (Romans 13:11). Dear ones, it is time to wake up and let the church be the church. Be blessed as we spend our time wisely.
Pastor J. Amos Jones
