Limited time

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“Time is grace,” we read on some walking clocks modeled after the church tower clock in the Wetzlar suburb of Büblingshausen. This church tower clock does not have a dial in the usual sense. Instead of numbers, the individual letters of the sentence T I M E    I S    G R A C E are displayed.

The Holy Scriptures speak a lot about time.

Horst Marquardt says: Whoever aligns their life with God's commandments will neither become arrogant nor reckless in good times. And in evil times, the burden will not weigh them down so much that they can no longer continue. Time is a grace for everyone who takes their time from God's hands and tries, trusting in Jesus Christ, to make the best out of every hour.

You often hear the saying, I don't have time. The fact is:

• We all have the same amount of time. 
• We just use it differently. 
• Use it or waste it.

How comforting is the time spent in the company of dear people, and yet it comes to an end. Many a visitor would like to stay longer at a gathering, but the time calls for departure.

1. Visitor's Time

Unplanned obstacles:

• How much some visitors would like to come, but are not able to go out
• Suddenly there are problems with circulation, or the blood pressure is too high
• There is a doctor's visit that is necessary because of medication use
• Sometimes it is also the grandchild who comes to collect their pocket money that day

The rapid turnover of visitors:

As we have seen, it is circumstances and certain occasions that prevent visitors from attending a usual meeting. 

Should we also consider that some people often leave life quickly? Just as we have celebrated with them, they are no longer there.

2. The limited time

The years of our life are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.
Psalm 90:10 (ESV)

Time is a gift:

No one has a right to a certain length of time. Whether a lifetime lasts 10, 50, or 90 years, these are gifted years, entrusted time that one should experience gratefully, enjoy, and use responsibly.

3. Final Thoughts

An example of a biblical figure whose time of visiting the temple changed him is the elderly Simeon, who, filled with the Spirit of God, was certain that he would not die before he had seen Christ the Savior.  

So it happened that he went to the temple just that day when the parents brought the child Jesus in. Simeon took him into his arms and praised God. Then he said: Lord, now you can let your servant depart in peace, for I have seen the Savior whom you have given to all the world. According to Luke 2:25-35

May we also welcome the Savior into our lives in time. And before we are called into eternity, we can say: Lord, now I can die in peace. That should be the goal of every person.

How some would love to have extended their lives and even paid large sums of money for it. But time cannot be bought. Time cannot be stored either; it must be used.

Have you not yet given your life to Jesus? Then come to HIM today. He wants to be your Savior. Only during a person's lifetime is there the opportunity to encounter Christ and welcome HIM into their limited life. Once you have given your life to Jesus, attend church services regularly. There you will meet other Christians who can support you in your faith.

You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, declares the Lord,...

Jeremiah 29:13-14a (ESV)

Author: Egon Waechter

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