As I was memorizing Ephesians 5:16 I was thinking about time. The verse says, “Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” The figurative meaning in the Greek means to rescue from loss.

Years ago my pastor wrote me a little note: seize the opportunity in the lifetime of the opportunity. Let’s think of seize as to lay hold of quickly. 

I asked myself this question: what does the Lord see as time wasters in my life? My mind goes to the hamster in the wheel. So much futile activity. John 15:16 says, “…I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain…”

C. T. Studd said, “ Only one life, ’twill soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last.” When we walk in the good works preordained for us, we will have fruit that will remain.

John 15:1-8 was written about abiding in the vine. Anything we do apart from the Lord is wasted time. Verse 5 says, “…without Me you can do nothing.” Nothing means not one thing.