In God’s Will in His Time

<p>IN GODS WILL IN HIS TIME</p> <p>Ephesians 5:15 ‘See then that you walk not irresponsibly but diligently and wisely, redeeming the time, because we live in times of much corruption. Therefore, do not be thoughtless, but seek to understand what the will of the Lord is. (NKJ)</p> <p>The word used for ‘will of The Lord’ is thelema - God’s heart to bless us by bringing us into his will for our life.  The word for redeeming used here is exagoraz??; to rescue from loss, improve opportunity, to buy up or ransom;  The word used for ‘time’ here is kairos – God’s appointed time, not chronos – Clock time. </p> <p>There are times when God brings us to a place of surrendering our will to his so that we can become the person he has truly created us to be. These are times of change for us where there comes a break from our past way of seeing things and doing things, a change of thinking – metanoia - repentance. It is an ongoing experience. That is God redeeming the time for us in his appointed timing for a new beginning for us in his will for our journey in life.</p> <p>Redeeming means that God is able to buy back and restore all that we have grieved over as being lost. He won’t bring the same things back, the same years with the same circumstances, or the same people and the same events, but he brings something new and something better. His redeeming power renews time that we think has been wasted, effort that has come to nothing, and hopes that have been dashed. God’s redemption buys back for us all his plans and purposes and gets us on track with his great desire for our blessing as his child. It means new and better opportunities and a new and better understanding of his will for us in all things - it always gets better. That is the ongoing ‘Behold I make all things new’ promise of Jesus.    When we become conscious that God is doing that reordering and redeeming work in our lives, that moment of redeemed time makes up for all lost time and places us in his will for an ‘all things new’ future.  The apostle Paul made