Time for Hope

Jesus has redeemed the time.

I’d not understood this until recently. I thought that we (each of us Christians) were called to redeem the time. Where did I come up with such a notion? Well, here and there, from this author and that, but I have become more discerning in recent years.

While some would like to believe that Jesus lived and died in order to show us how to live (What Would Jesus Do?) and thereby redeem this time of tribulation (no matter the period in which we live), I don’t think that’s the case. The New Testament is not an instruction manual. It’s not about following the rules. It’s about understanding that, thanks to Jesus’ supreme sacrifice, we can live our lives in the light of hope, and doing so will affect not only us, but those in our stratosphere. What’s more, there is no one-size-fits-all faith. God’s will for me is not the same as His will for anyone else.