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March 30
REDEEMING THE TIME
by Ray Prinzing
"See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
wise. Redeeming the time, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:15-16).
What does it mean to
redeem, buy up the time? We need to allow the Spirit full
access to our lives, that He, working in us of the Father's will and
purpose, might use every day, regardless of its testing and travail,
to accomplish that specific purpose pertinent to that day.
There are no lost moments in God's divine economy.
We read of John the
Baptist, "He was a burning an shining light: and ye were willing
for a season to rejoice in his light." (John 5:35). When
John first appeared out of the wilderness, a spectacular figure,
clothed with camel's hair and a leather girdle about his loins,
"then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region
round about Jordan." (Matthew 3:4). John preached a message of
repentance and the people rejoiced in the light lf his message.
There were those who redeemed the "time." Truth is
progressive, and eventually John preached to them to turn to the
Christ, saying, "Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the
sin of the world. This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a
man which is preferred before me." (John 1:29-30).
A new time had come, but
some were not ready to "buy it up," they could not pay the price for
the inworkings of that day. Those who did, walked on into a
new realm, from the discipleship of John into the discipleship of
Christ. Every day has its message, its purpose, its victory.
We need to walk in the present truth, and we need to pray that each
day will fulfill its purpose in us, then we are ready, fully
prepared for whatever the morrow shall bring. Sad, indeed, are
the words, "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are
not saved." (Jeremiah 8:20). There was a time,
but it was squandered, and they suffered loss. "Now is the
accepted time," (2 Corinthians 6:2) for new victories in Christ.
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