“Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil.” — Ephesians 5:15–16
To redeem something is to buy it back. Paul is telling us that time can be recovered — not the hours already spent, but the purpose those hours were meant to carry. Every believer is given the same twenty-four, and the difference between a fruitful life and a wasted one is rarely talent. It is stewardship.
Ask of each day: what did this serve? If the honest answer is nothing eternal, that is not cause for despair but for correction. The wise man does not mourn the lost hour; he guards the next one.
Give God the first part of your day and He will order the rest of it.
