When reading Genesis 1:5….. The Creator of the Universe is creating time. “God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.”
Time was created as a gift for man. However, time was determined not by a clock but by sun and moon, light and darkness. The Hebrews planned their lives around the seasons and the feasts that God prescribed for them. (Lev. 23) Spring meant planting and fall was the harvest. They only had the heavens and stars to give time. The cycle of the moon and planets gave them the months. God gave them a life style. The Sabbath was devoted to worship and rest. Even the oxen got a day off.
But you and I are regulated by clocks, giving us minutes and hours in the day. We feel productive when we accomplish the tasks that we feel must be done. We go to jobs, take kids to school, and the myriad of daily living assignments. After all, we are a time-oriented society.
There are hundreds of books on time management. Seminars give us a sense of organizing time and we feel good about time management.
If time is a gift related to God and God is love, then time is a gift. God isn’t in a hurry. He is above our technology oriented society.
The kingdom …is the ultimate rule of God as coming to mankind. Jesus brought the kingdom in its inception and it will be completed when he returns. Meantime the kingdom of God is within us. So seeking God’s character and to know him implies setting apart a specific time to that end.
This all leads up to “Seeking first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you well.” (Mt 6:33) Perhaps living on God’s time is what is necessary for me.
Our time, like all of God’s gifts is squandered.
Redemption has the literal sense of “buying back”. Let us “buy back” the opportunities that God gives us, liberating time so that we can make good use of it, taking advantage of the occasions which God gives…listen to the promptings of the Holy Spirit and see where He leads.
AbideLines 