Time is the enemy and God the only friend.  In the beginning the Lord created time as evidenced in His transcript of creation, stating what took place in seven days.  Since He is omnipotent, sovereign, omniscient, basically outside of the construct and impacts of time, we must then reasonably conclude that time was developed for His purposes concerning mankind and creation.  The watch was wound and set into motion, documenting a beginning and depending upon your perspective a glorious/tragically understood, perceived or assumed end.  Our lives are governed at each opportunity, lost or taken, by those precious moments within which we make decision to act or step aside.  Even the amount of breaths we take is determined by the passing of seconds, days and years, eventually turning each person’s thoughts toward mortality.  This construct provides an unbeatable foe with whom we have no conversation, no deliberation and no recourse.  Our enemy is time and the only one with any control into our dilemma is God, our friend.

God has shown his willingness to manipulate time, to the edification of believers, even to the extent of stopping it or turning it back when specific need arose.  Why?  The Lord works to His own ends for His own good purposes and frankly sometimes our actions, thoughts, prayers and needs coincide with His will for humanity.  These things have all been historically documented, at specific timing, for all to observe, for the purpose of educating and alerting humanity.  You see, time may be my enemy but it is just another tool that God uses to force us to a point of decision.  If there were no time, then there would be no consequence of indecision or wavering faith.  Time is definitely my enemy, but thanks be to God He is my friend and will now use time to the benefit of His glory, as He sees fit, when and where it is necessary to intervene in this man’s life.

It is the nature of physical laws that they all point to the necessity for decision and action.  We must eat so we must take action to acquire food or die.  We must travel so it is imperative that we acquire transportation of adequate sort within prescribed timing or frankly be left behind in the dash toward completion.  It is mandatory that knowledge, education and wisdom be acquired so that we may navigate the river of problems and occurrences of life, so we must use our precious moments to acquire the appropriate information.  Time is a painful and brutal jailor, especially to the infirm, making more precious and precarious each moment traversed.  Time controls all my relationships, the most precious of my treasures in heaven, allowing me the briefest opportunity to share the Gospel, Love and kindness with those whom I have been given the chance of acquaintance.  I cannot beat time, but know who can.  I will ask Him to intervene on yours and my behalf.  Praise God in Jesus name that I am able to petition my friend in prayer, for that I am victorious in Christ Jesus.