What does being “on time” mean to you?
For some dear folks, if the appointment is at 9:00, arriving anywhere being 8:59 and 9:01 is “on time!”
Not me! If the appointment is at 9:00 and I am not in the building waiting by 8:40, I am late.
We really can drive each other to the edge on this one as we “discuss” what it means to be on time. You dear 8:59 crowd and those of us who are the 8:40 crowd probably won’t agree on this one. However, there is something about being on time about which we all can agree. Think of what Paul told the Galatian believers.
“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” (Galatians 4:4-5).
The Lord Jesus was right on time. He indeed was perfect in every way fulfilling the eternal plan of God to be our perfect substitute sacrifice. It was when the fulness of time had come. Right on time.
Let’s go about our day this way. What a wonderful Savior is the Lord Jesus our Savior. He came right on time.