Time: the Purest Currency in this World
“Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short time.”” (Revelation 12:12 WEB)
If you think about it, all money is received by exchanging time for it.
The rich know how to leverage on other people’s time, convincing them to use their time to enrich the rich.
When products are sold, they command a higher price when these companies can convince you why it’s worth parting with more money (which you used your time to exchange for).
Time is the purest currency in this temporal world. When you grow crops to sell them for money or to barter for goods, you’re choosing to spend your time in a certain way.
It’s possible to get a good deal for your time, and a bad deal for your time. When you spend time on unprofitable ventures like indulging in sin, you’re being cheated out of your precious time.
The devil is someone who is poor, because the Scriptures say that he has “but a short time”.
Satan lacks time because his eternal fate is to burn in the lake of fire. Today, his mission is to rob people of their time by killing, stealing and destroying.
When people die prematurely because of allowing sin to mature and bring forth the fruit of death, they are robbed of their time.
When people spend time indulging in fruitless activities all day long, their time is stolen from them.
When people work in jobs or organizations that advance the devil’s plans, they are giving him their time—he leverages on that borrowed time, and doesn’t mind paying you money for it because money is worthless to him.
He is interested in hurting God by damning human souls to Hell.
The one who is truly rich is God who has always existed since eternity past, and will continue to live in the eternal ages to come.
““I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”” (Revelation 1:8 WEB)
All the time belongs to Him—He created time. We who have been saved will join Him in eternity, sharing in His abundance.
Meanwhile in this mortal lifetime, let us get a good deal for our time. Be wise in how you spend this precious currency.
“Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” (Ephesians 5:15-17 WEB)
The main will of the Lord is the salvation of mankind. To spend your time wisely is to partner with Him in this venture of soul winning, through the unique way that He has graced you.
“Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” (Luke 12:33-34 WEB)
When you make God’s love known to the world through the anointing and gifts that are in you, leading to their repentance in Christ Jesus, you’re gathering up eternal rewards that are infinitely precious.
This is the wisest way to spend your time—the best investment you can make. Don’t spend time to purchase death—use your time to redeem eternal rewards!
If you want to do this, ask God, and He will lead you to do so through the Holy Spirit.