To those that did not see this, here is a link to something Sarah Stephens posted. http://alife4christ-sarah.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-much-time-do-we-give-to-god.html?spref=gb please read this.
I would like to add to her post a bit.
I love the idea of spending an equal amount of time in the word (memorizing, reading etc.) that you do on the piece of technology which you spend most time on, and I am trying to invest a proportionate amount of time in the Word as I do my iPhone. But here are some other things I thought of.
As I think about the verse at the end of Sarah's post, a few other things come to mind. "Redeeming the time". What does that mean and how would one do that? Yes. The idea Sarah presented is a great thing to do, but what does redeem mean? While it does imply that we should use our time wisely, it also means to change something bad or non profitable for something desireable. So, if we are to redeem the time, is matching time, the proactive way to complete the charge? No. It is a way, but not a proactive way. Why not go the extra step. In Timothy Paul says "Let no man despise thy youth". We should not give any reason to even one man to despise us. "Let" is indicative that we must not allow it to happen. We have control over it. Whatever we say on our "public profile(s)" everyone will see and link that to you, and if they know you claim to be a Christian, to Christ, also. We must mantain a Godly testimony everywhere. Now back to redeeming. If something is to be redeemed, something must be ousted with the welcoming of a new reality. Exempli gratia: Our old sinful being with the new identity of Christ, or our mortal earthly protoplasm, with the eternal perfect cadavers we will get in heaven. So how does this apply to us? What are you doing on technology? How can it get better? Here is my challenge to each of us: seek to redeem all your time. When on your computer, phone or whatever, what are you doing? Is it in light of eternity? If it's not bad, is it good? If something is nuetral, or cold, it has not been redeemed, according to the correct meaning. I challenge you to make your time redeemed and do something good with it. Make people see person that's different, changing to be like Christ, our redeemer, in you. In your ALL your posts. In ALL your texts. In ALL your Twits our whatever. In ALL your movies. In ALL your music. In ALL your life. I am trying to do this and have had a lot of thought on the subject since around Christmas. I have taken action in several areas. I have prayed about it a lot, and I will keeping praying for all of us as we continue to grow to be like Christ. Also, compare what I say to the Bible, as we should with everything.
God bless you!
Ephesians 5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
i love what you did to it! Its great! :)
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