The Bible says:
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born and a time to die.”
— Ecclesiastes 3: 1-2
Time is a continuation of existence at an appropriate period, instant, moment, second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, season, decade, and century.
While we’re sitting still time runs on. We were born at a certain time and will die at our appointed time and between the two we have our life-time. We do everything in time, maybe not on time, but at some time.
“In the Creation account, God had to have some place to put matter so He created space. He had to make room for motion so He created time. ... time is the medium in which things change. ... In order for change to occur, there must be a sequence of change. We call that sequence time.”
— Pastor/Author A.W. Tozer
According to the Bible, human history is about 6,000 years old. When man was created, God put him into a world that already was endowed with time, space, and matter.
Man understands time, space, and matter. He has been subject to them from the beginning, and has them down to a science.
Man is conscious of time and aware of eternity.
(Ecclesiastes 3: 11) How a person perceives eternity will determine how they prepare for it and spend their time.
Man is good about manipulating time. We say we “make it” and “lose it” and “haven’t got it” and “take it” and “can’t find it” and “waste it” and are “pressed for it.” Sometimes we say we “have all the time in the world” whatever that means.
We time everything we do so we’ll be on time for the next event we have timed and the next and so one. We’re a slave to time.
We think if we can control our time we will have control of our life. We have a schedule that we try to stick to. But we lose the synchronism between time and events and everything falls apart and we go into hysterics.
Our life is on a time line and God has a plan for it, and if we submit to His leadership our times and events will synchronize perfectly and we’ll have peace and power.
(Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8) Time was created by God for a purpose and when that purpose is fulfilled there shall be “time no longer.” (Revelation 10: 6) and we will have nothing but a timeless eternity.
The Bible reveals God’s timeline or His schedule of coming events. As the past went exactly according to His plan so will the future.
The next event is the Rapture of the church and it could happen at any moment. And only those who at some moment in time trusted Christ as their Lord and Savior will be in the Rapture. If you haven’t trusted Him as your Lord and Savior now is the time to do so.
Time is very swiftly running out; your time and my time, and “Only one life t’will soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last.”
James H. Cagle is a Ray City resident who pastored several churches for a total of 11 years. Email him at pastorjameshcagle@ yahoo.com
