Look carefully then
how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time,
because the days are evil. Ephesians 5:15-16
There are moments every day to be grasped for God and many
are missing out on these moments and Scripture is clear that we don’t know how many more of these moments we will have,
so we need to be making the most of every opportunity that God has given
us. C.T. Studd once said,
“Only one life, 'twill soon be past, only what's done for
Christ will last.”
This is what it looks like to walk worthy—it’s to make every
moment count. It’s to live each and
every moment for God as if it’s our last; because it might be. How would our lives look different if we
truly took this to heart—if we truly grasped the fact that we are all going to
die someday, maybe today? How would our
lives look differently if we lived with this mentality and made every moment
for God count?
In verse 16, Paul says, “(We must do this) because the days are evil.” Since the fall, we have been living in dark days. The majority of people are living their lives apart from and opposed to God and we are wasting time and missing opportunities to minister to them. MacArthur said it like this...
In verse 16, Paul says, “(We must do this) because the days are evil.” Since the fall, we have been living in dark days. The majority of people are living their lives apart from and opposed to God and we are wasting time and missing opportunities to minister to them. MacArthur said it like this...
"Every day there's an
opportunity, there's a golden jewel that God places in front of you that can be
grabbed for His glory. Some people are always going to pray and they're going
to get down to business to study the Bible and they're going to serve the Lord
and they're going to tell their neighbor about Christ and they're going to read
the Bible. They just never get to it. The greatest fool in the world is the
fool who wastes time."
Paul tells us in Ephesians 5, that’s got to change. He says, “Because you have been changed,
that’ got to change.” Paul says, “Because
you have been raised from death to life—because you have been made new, do not
continue to walk as you once walked, but walk in a manner worthy of the calling
to which you have been called by walking in wisdom making best use of the time
because the days are evil.”
