LEADERS ARE PUNCTUALseizes every business opportunity possible. When “opportunity does not
come knocking at his door”, he goes out and “knocks on its door!”
With very similar words to the ones in Ephesians 5:16, Paul exhorted
the Christians at Colosse: “Walk in wisdom... making the most of the
time” (Col. 4:5). This matter of time consciousness was not just something
Paul wanted the Christians living in Ephesus to be concerned about. He
wanted all of his fellow Christians in every church he planted to learn
the stewardship of time. He not only taught it, Paul lived it. That’s why he
could remind them of his tireless toil “...night and day with tears” (Acts
20:31).
“Th e leader must aim himself or herself
to seize the vital chance for action, for
there only may be one golden chance.”^3
(Richard Phillips)Like the Apostle Paul, every wise leader is a person who “redeems the
time.” Since he is in business for the King of kings, he zealously goes
about his ministry with the passion of a businessman who loves his work!
As a Kingdom businessman, he “buys up every opportunity” to turn a
spiritual profit for His heavenly Investor! He eagerly gets out into the
marketplace of life and does business for the Kingdom of God. He does
so with a sense of urgency because he remembers the words of the Lord
Jesus, when He said: “As long as it is day, we must do the work of Him
Who sent Me. Night is coming, when no one can work” (Jn. 9:4-5).
“If we progress in the economy of time, we
are learning to live. If we fail here, we fail
everywhere. Time lost can never be retrieved.
Time cannot be hoarded, only spent well.”
(Oswald Sanders)I believe that the Holy Spirit is trying to say to many Christian leaders
today what He said to those early Ephesian Christians: “...Wake up,
O sleeper, rise from the dead...making the most of every opportunity
because the days are evil.”