MUCH FOR LITTLE
READING: EPHESIANS 5:15-21
Verses 15 & 16: “See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise redeeming the time because the days are evil.”
This reading begins by mentioning something that is no longer in practice, but was very common many years ago. In those days people would be given what were called “trading stamps” when they purchased groceries or merchandise. The stamps were glued into booklets, and when enough filled booklets were accumulated, they could be traded for products of value. It was possible to take these booklets, something of little material value, and exchange them for useful items of much greater real value. Well, that concept applies to our redemption in Christ Jesus. By His blood, our unredeemed lives are exchanged for lives of infinite value. That same concept also applies to this current time with its evil days. Use of the godly wisdom described in verse 15, permits times which otherwise would be evil, to instead be redeemed for immensely greater purposes. How blessed we are that both our lives and our times are redeemed in Christ Jesus! That’s a thought – about God’s Word.
RESPONSE
2. Is there a way you can honor the Lord by receiving something of less value and returning for it something of greater value?
