Time
7:52 PM
“So teach us to number our days, that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Psalms 90:12
Time is a curious matter, which we do
not know much about. Sure, we know that we count the seconds, minutes, hours,
days, and months, which subsequently turn into years, decades, and centuries.
That is our earthly time system.
But what is time? What is time according
to a Biblical perspective? What is it in light of our lives, God, the Bible,
and the future? How does God perceive “time”?
We know from scripture that “one day is with
the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” (2 Peter 3:8)
We also are aware of the fact that
before time existed, before the earth existed, and before anything existed, God
was there. “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed
the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.”
(Psalm 90:2) This makes God eternal, beyond and above time.
Time, as we perceive it today, must have
originated in the beginning of the world. (Genesis 1:1)
“For He spake, and it was done; He commanded,
and it stood fast.” (Psalms 33:9) This is no doubt speaking of the Creation
process. When God spoke it was done “Let there be light and there was light”
(Genesis 1:3)
Time
began ticking from that moment on, and here we are today over 6,000 years later
pondering the question, “What is time?”
We
know that Heaven will be for eternity (Matthew 25:46). This is baffling to our
finite minds, but we know it is true because we are told so. It is too complex
to our minds because we are finite, rather than the infinite that God is.
But
no matter what time is, for we know it exists (at least for now until we are in
eternity in Heaven), the real question to ask is, “Why was I given this time on
earth and what am I doing with this time that I was given??”
A
quote by Heartsill Wilson is fitting. He said, “ God has given me this day to
use it as I will. I can waste it – or
use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a
day of my life for it.”
There
is a time for everything as we read in Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To
every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
We are given this time on earth to
fulfill a special destiny. A destiny that was predetermined before we were
born.
Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that all
things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to His purpose.”
What is this special destiny that we
have been called to?
1
Peter 2:9 tell us, “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy
nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who
hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:”
However,
to fulfill our destinies we must realize our great helplessness without a
Savior. Jesus Christ, who was equal to His Father and beyond and transcending
TIME itself came to earth to rescue us from the bonds of sin. He died the most
humiliating of deaths to bring us into partnership with Himself and to be re-instated
as sons and daughters of God.
It
seems only fitting that He should say in this verse, “I have
heard thee in a time accepted, and
in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Our prayer should be “So teach us to
number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” (Psalms 90:12)
When it comes down to the concept of
time we know a few important answers. Time is what we are given on this earth to
prepare for the heavenly one. It is our appointed moment to make a difference
in our “corners” and be a shining light on a hill. And, yes, truly the
acceptable time is now and the acceptable day of salvation is now!
Before time
runs out, will you choose to follow Christ?
1 comments
Beautiful picture, and encouraging words. :)
ReplyDelete