Time - part 1

Never enough time.

Running out of time.

Time goes by too quickly.

Time flies when you are having fun.

Do we not view time as a cranky and stingy old warden? Never allowing us our “fair” portion?

Truth be told, time was God's idea. God limited us, placing bookends on our rebellion and our time in this fallen world. Upon the entrance of sin, He could have, and perhaps should have, instantly separated Himself from all that is unholy (that's us). This would have been just and righteous had He done this.

But God...

God created time. Time being a physical limitation that we experience and He does not. He created it for our benefit. Had He not created time then we would have been subject to eternal separation from this Holy God. By compartmentalizing events and beings into time we could, along the timeline, receive opportunity to repent and receive salvation. He stepped into time to affect change upon our condition of despair. In doing this, He exposed our depravity and revealed His holiness; making a way, even becoming the Way. Even the Way, a journey, or a path implies the necessity of time passage, time to traverse and cover ground. Time was required for His plan of redemption. Time was possibly one of the greatest displays of His mercy known to man, entirely taken for granted and consistently seen in a negative light. In His grace and mercy, He created a LIMITED system to encapsulate the falleness of created beings, while maintaining His sovereignty and power over it. Our suffering seems to extend far beyond our choosing, but we are so limited in our human comprehension of godly things. All glory goes to God for His beautiful, merciful limitation of time which consistently reveals His full authority and providence over all creation. This life may be hard, there will be pain and trials, but they are limited to this life and He says unto all these things, “You may come this far and no farther.”

Thank you Lord for limiting me with time.

 “For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.”

 2 Corinthians 4:17-18