The days in which we live are filled with evil. Countless numbers of people are blinded to their spiritual condition. Many have never heard the Gospel clearly presented even one time. Crime, drugs, addictions, domestic violence, broken families, corruption are at epidemic proportions. The world is filled with people suffering from crippling needs. The church desperately requires help in addressing the plethora of challenges it faces today.
In light of so much to be done, how ought spiritual leaders spend their time? Do they have time to waste? If Satan cannot thwart our desire to serve our Lord and to invest in His kingdom work, then he will strive to have us invest in secondary issues that bring the least return on our investment. It is possible to serve the Lord diligently and yet misguidedly. As has oft been said, “The ‘good’ is the enemy of the ‘best’.”
And what about the time we squander so it produces nothing of consequence? How many of our activities are nothing more than an abject waste of time? Over the course of our lifetime, the amount of our precious life that was casually misspent could be appalling.
To “redeem” means to purchase back something that was previously lost. Have you lost control of your time? Do you need to reclaim it? Reclaiming time is like regaining lost ground in battle. You do it step by step. The enemy does not want you to redeem your time. He knows how valuable it is. He understands how much God could do with your time if it was under His control. But you must reclaim your time. It is simply too valuable to treat carelessly.