Redeem the Time Battle

“Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.” (Col 4:5)

“See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Eph 5:15)

Time is one of our most scarce resources and commodities. yet people who are very productive always find time to do what is required. Some people are always late, very busy without accomplishing anything substantial. Some people going through trauma and personal loss may feel that time is standing still. In the Special Theory of Relativity, Einstein determined that time is relative–in other words, the rate at which time passes depends on your frame of reference. As we grow older time seems to disappear quicker, contrastingly teenager that time is moving too slow for them to experience the freedoms of adulthood. Currently, the shortage of time is used as an excuse for not praying, reading & studying the Bible, doing good, ministry, fellowshipping together. But when one really wants to go hiking or enjoying a meal with friends, or watching a movie then we have more than enough time?

Time is money we say. But, in reality, time is not money. If you lose money, you can always make it some other way. Time is not a renewable resource. Whatever time we lost is gone forever, never to be returned to us again.

Poems about time

Dr. Benjamin E. MaysJust a tiny little minute Only sixty seconds in it. Forced upon me. Can’t refuse it. Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it, I must suffer if I lose it, Give account if I abuse it. Just a tiny little minute, But eternity is in it.

Alistair BeggHow do we value ONE YEAR? Ask a student who failed a grade. What is the value of ONE MONTH? Ask a Mother whose baby arrived prematurely. How much do we value ONE WEEK? For the sailors trapped in a submarine on the ocean floor, it was the difference between life and death. How much do we value ONE HOUR? Ask someone who missed a connecting flight because the first flight was delayed by an hour. What is the value of HALF AN HOUR? Ask the parents of the flower girl and ring bearer who missed the wedding here yesterday because one of them thought the wedding was at 4:30, rather than 4 pm? How much do we value ONE MINUTE? Ask someone who had a heart attack in a restaurant with a paramedic sitting at the next table. How much do we value ONE SECOND? Ask an Olympic swimmer, who just missed qualifying by 3 one-thousandths of a second!

Learn to trade time

We need Spiritual Wisdom and Godly understanding to not only learn to manage our time more effectively and try to save more time. The bible says we should redeem the time! Buy time! This means you should trade something for it. Buying has something to do with finding the value of something, then trading a comparative value for the object. One overcomes the battle of wasted time, by being busy with something of value. Academics will trade the morning hours of the day, to succeed in concentration for 4-5 hours.

Do not be a slave of man’s time schedules

Why was Jesus born at this point in time? Why not born in the time of Jewish Political self-rule 130 years in between Greek and Roman Military Rule? Jesus was in no hurry to fulfil His divine purpose in only 2,5 years! He waited patiently obedient to earthly parents, working as an artisan, among the poor villagers of Nazareth not seeking fame or prominence. He eventually bought time through His Birth BC / AD literally creating a universal time marker, and the Sun darkened for 3 hours at His Crucifixion Mark 15:33 He clearly showed that he was not a slave to the time schedules created by man. His life was synchronised and determined by a higher level and dimension of time.

We find that divine acts supersede earthly time: Joshua 10:12-14 – The Sun stands still. 2 Kings 20:8-11; Isaiah 38:7,8 – Sun moved back-wards 10 degrees. Amos 9:13 – reaper overtake the sower.

Discern heaven’s time schedule

Our effectiveness is thus a synchronisation with heaven’s prophetic schedule and season for something. (Zechariah 10:1) Pray for rain in the time for rain. Ecclesiastes 3:1–8—Fourteen pairs of opposites, offering practical wisdom for every area of life—but we must know the proper time for each.

Discern the right time for something: We are expected to recognise times and seasons (1 Thess. 5:1–6) “the signs of the times.” Therefore, we are all responsible to understand the times and seasons of God’s spoken word. (Matt. 16:1–3) Many people only think like a man, in the same way, Peter missed Jesus divine suffering, not discerning the time for spiritual interventions. Sunday church meetings are not just another weekly activity, it is God’s family redeeming time to hear together what their Father is instructing them to do. Prophetic prayer is divine timing alignment and time-setting meetings. We can thus rest our faith in Him, that when He has purposed something, He will fulfil it! We just need to show up.

Spiritual time Wasters

Unforgiveness and Offense – When you choose not to forgive people for their transgression and retain your offence, you get stuck in time, in the hurt.Self-pleasure and Self-medication – People who use medicine or drugs to escape reality, lose time. They do not develop and get stuck in time.Perfection and Self-interest – We always need to improve what we are doing and seek to have excellence, but perfection can become an obsessive-compulsive disorder, procrastination, re-doing, over-analyses that lead to zero finished product.Disunity – The opposite of disunity is called the speed of trust. A group that is divided gets nothing done, everyone is accusing someone else, too many opinions, too many leaders.Deception, conceited, waste – many people get busy with the wrong thing at the wrong time, with the wrong people and miss the opportunity. We can all be deceived, either through ignorance or rebellion and miss the timing of God.Lack of Identity purposed Calling – When God does anything He starts by calling a person. Missing your calling is missing your divine time appointment.Fear – Is a prison that keeps people in an internal time loop, not achieving anything. No one ever started a new business or venture, got married, had children compelled and motivated by fear.