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Embrace God's Presence in the Present

Who doesn’t love a good time-travel movie? Whether it’s hopping in a DeLorean, getting stuck in a time loop like Groundhog Day, or trying to change the future, we’re fascinated by breaking the rules of time. But don’t we all do this every day? We get stuck in our own kinds of time traps — mentally reliving our regrets from the past or anxiously pre-living our worries about the future.

Paul urged the early church to “look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil” (Eph. 5:15-16). Older translations use a theologically rich phrase: “redeeming the time.” What does it mean to rescue and reclaim our present moments when our minds so easily get lost in the past or future? The Bible says the key is breaking free from our mental time loops and anchoring ourselves in God’s presence.