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Dear friends in Christ,
Where has the year gone-how is it September already? The kids are growing so fast! Time flies! We need to do our taxes! I just ran out of time… All these are things I’ve said this week concerning time. Time waits for no one! Time is precious. Each day is a gift. And while for me time is “flying by”, for another it may be dragging on and taking forever. I easily forget that not everyone views or struggles with time as I sometimes do.
The Bible actually has a bit to say about time. If we go back to Genesis 1:1, we read “In the beginning God created…” The eternal God, master and maker of the universe created time. He also operates IN it for our benefit, even though he is not bound by it. But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day (2 Peter 3:8). We measure time differently than God because we are bound by time and God is not.
Yet, for our benefit, while we were yet sinners, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly (Rom. 5:6). But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons (Gal 4:4).
So however you feel about time right now, remember it is a gift from God. Treasure it and use it wisely. When or if you don’t understand the why and how of it all, then “be still and know that I am God” (PS 46:10). He has shown his plan of salvation for us in Jesus Christ. He has also shared with us (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8):
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose;
a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to tear, and a time to sew;
a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate;
a time for war, and a time for peace.
My prayer for myself and all of you is from Psalm 90:12 “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Make us wise unto salvation in Christ all our days.
In Christ,
Pastor DeHope
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