Redeeming Your Time

1948 was a key year in Bible prophecy. Israel became  a state and its people began to return their homeland fulfilling prophecy.

As our world spins out of control, people still claim peace and safety, as predicted in 1 Thessalonians 5:3. “While people are saying, ‘Peace and safety,’ destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.”

So those who study end-time prophecy are asking, “How much time do we have left till the return of the Lord?” While we are told in Matthew 24 that no one knows about that day or hour, we certainly are to keep watch because the Son of Man will come when we do not expect Him.

So while we wait…how are you spending your time? Here are some excerpts written by  David Cloud from “Way of Life.”

The Bible exhorts us to redeem the time because life is short (Ephesians 5:16), but the average person wastes vast amounts of time that could be spent profitably.

Life is short and God has a perfect will that is to be pursued. We don’t know how long our lives might be. Jesus could come back today. I could die today.

Minutes count. They add up. For example, in just one minute you can read the Great Commission chapter of Matthew 28, the Born Again chapter of John 3, the sermon on the Unknown God in Acts 17, or the great love chapter of 1 Corinthians 13. So much can be accomplished for the Lord in a small amount of time.

The average person is careless about time because he has no clear and urgent objectives he is seeking to accomplish before the Lord.

Matthew 24:32 gives us the lesson of the fig tree which is Israel. When its twigs get tender and and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. The generation that sees these things…..”will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.”  (verse 34)  Is it our generation that will see the prophecy of Jesus’ return before our very eyes? If so, how are you redeeming your time?