Redeeming The Time

(Ephesians 5:15-17) Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

What do you do during the day? There are 24 hours in a day. Believe it or not, God is concerned with our use of every minute of each day. They are minutes He has given to us for a purpose.

Look carefully is to perceive with the eye, it is to discern with the mind, to understand, to turn toward and face with diligence and accuracy. How has to do with what direction, or in what manner. Walk is to be occupied with, progress, the regulating of the life, the conduct and use of opportunities.

Unwise means foolish. Wise is skilled, an expert planner, forming the best plans by the best means, learner. Use is to rescue, to buy up as like a ransom, to recover, to make wise and sacred use of every opportunity. Time is just a measure of portion of time.

Foolish means without reason, senseless, stupid, without reflection or intelligence. Understand is to mentally put together, to put the the perception together with the thing perceived. The will is the desire, the wishes that have been determined, the purposes, the commands, the pleasures.

Do you buy up all the spare moments during the day to put together and perceive what the desires and wishes of God are? Do you look carefully at your own direction of life and conduct, to see if you are walking a skilled life, using the best means to make the best plans?  I confess that there are many minutes in each day that are not redeemed for these purposes. The first steps seems to be to look carefully at how I am walking.

Try to spend some of the moments God has given you this day to look carefully at how you use your time.