Leaders Section
Eph 5: 15-16
Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but
as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
As leaders we need to be
wise in everything that we deal with including the use of resources and time. We
often forget that time is a resource and must be used effectively and
productively. There is an English proverb which says, ‘Time and tide waits for
no man’.
This is very true; every
minute of our lives is precious. Once the minute is passed we cannot go backwards
to undo whatever we had done. Only God has this ability to reverse or stop time.
When a mistake has been committed, there is no possibility to go back to
prevent it. The only thing is to be more careful in the future and to make
every effort to avoid repeating the mistake.
Paul in today’s text
reminds us to do just this that we must make the most of every opportunity that
comes our way. Whatever that we have and whatever we plan to do, let us do it
well for the world is unkind and there is much evil around.
If we lack wisdom and
understand to do what we need to do, let us pray and ask God to help us make
the best of everyday as we make decisions and choices so that all that we do
will be glorifying to God. Ask God to equip us to choose wisely so that we can
serve Him well.
Public Section
Gal 4:4
When the set time had
fully come, God sent His Son.
God is the author of all time, He pre-existed even before
there was time. He is the infinite God who pre-existed before time was created
which was when God created the sun and the moon. It was only after this that
time came into existence.
Before this for eons, God had pre-existed and He is beyond
the measure of time and space. God cannot be measured as how many thousand years
old for He pre-existed even before anything else. He also cannot be measured in
terms of dimension as he is beyond the whole Universe which He created.
Even before the Universe was created, God already had
pre-planned for His Son to come and die for the redemption of the sin of all
men. He was patient and gave men every chance and opportunity to repent and
return back to Him. Finally He knew that man on his own strength and effort
would never be able to come back to God totally.
Therefore when the time was right He send His Son Jesus to
come to the earth to complete His plan of Salvation which required that His Son
bore all our sins and shed His blood to wash away all our sins. God had
revealed to Paul that it was a set time by God that it was time for Jesus
Christ to come upon the earth. He was not to come earlier or later but at the
precise time that God had set.
King Solomon also knew that there is a time for everything.
Ecclesiastes 3: 2 A time to be born and
a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted. All
things are planned by God and are in His hands. Nothing that has happened or
going to happen is without God’s knowledge, He had ordained all things even
from before the foundation of the earth.
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