{"id":249,"date":"2023-01-07T15:16:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doseofencouragement.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:27:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:27:35","slug":"redeeming-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doseofencouragement.com\/es\/redeeming-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Redeeming the Time: 5 Ways to Get Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cSee then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.\u201d \u2014 Ephesians 5:15-16 (NKJV)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Redeem the time<\/strong>\u2014three simple words packed with divine urgency. Time is one of our most precious, non-renewable resources. Every moment that passes is a moment we\u2019ll never get back. In Ephesians 5<\/em>, Paul exhorts believers to \u201credeem the time” and in <\/em>Colossians 4:5, he also tells us to “redeem the time<\/em>“. These are two different churches that he admonished to do this. So, redeeming the time should play a <\/em>significant role in our lives.<\/p>\n

Redeem<\/em> in the English language means to “compensate<\/span> for the faults<\/span> or bad aspects of; gain or regain possession of (something) in exchange for payment”. The Hebrew<\/em> verb “g\u0101’al” has a central meaning<\/em> in “to regain possession of by payment” or “buy back something that was lost.” Wow! The only issue is that time is a commodity that you can’t get back, so redeeming here must refer to the present tense and not the past tense. It’s about guarding your time and not wasting opportunities because none of us knows the time allocated to each of us; only God knows.<\/span><\/p>

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