Yesterday was Time Change Sunday. As a Seminary student, I was Pastor of a small church in East Texas in 1966 when the Unified Time Act was implemented. The church\u2019s two deacons decided to not observe the time change. \u201cThe Guv-ment has no business messin\u2019 with God\u2019s time,\u201d they exclaimed. The quote did not come from one of my two deacons, but it could have – \u201cOnly the government would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the bottom, and have a longer blanket.\u201d The deacons eventually gave in, but they were right about one thing. It was God\u2019s time. God created time as we know it (Genesis 1:14), sent Jesus in the \u2018fullness of time\u201d (Galatians 4:4-5), will someday call time (Revelation 10:5-6), but in the meantime, wants us to \u201credeem the time\u201d (Ephesians 5:15-16). Redemption is what happens when you trade in something of value for something of greater value. Our spiritual assignment is to trade in what we do with our time for a greater use of our time. So now that we have lost an hour, let us make the most of the time remaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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