See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
As a sculptor showed a visitor some marble figures in his studio, an unusual sculpture caught the guest’s attention. Where the statue’s face should have been, the sculptor had chiseled a covering of hair, and on both feet were wings. "What is the name of this one?" asked the visitor. "Opportunity," the artist answered. "Its face is hidden because we seldom know opportunity when he comes. He has wings on his feet because he is soon gone, and once gone, he can not be overtaken."
The apostle Paul spoke of the quickly passing nature of opportunity in Ephesians 5:16. The word Time used in this verse can also be translated "opportunity." These opportunities are a brief moment of personal contacts-the passing incident, the turn of a conversation, the "chance" meeting of an old acquaintance. Such times present golden opportunities for caring, for witnessing, for eternal good. Alexander Maclaren, the noted Baptist preacher from England, said, "Every moment of life is granted us for one purpose: becoming like our dear Lord. That ultimate, all-embracing end is reached through a multitude of near intermediate ones."
When our faith is strong we will have the wisdom and courage to see every obstacle as an opportunity.
Redeem the time! God only knows how soon our little life may close, with all its pleasures and its woes. Redeem the time!
FAITH CONVERTS TIME INTO OPPORTUNITIES