High Time
Murray Wylie
As is often the case, a song will spring forth from a number of meditations over a number of weeks. The words of this chorus grew from Romans 13:11-14. The theme of ‘light’ is related to our studies on the ‘lampstand’ church, which is to shine the light of the seven-fold Spirit of God. ‘Put on the armour of light … the day is at hand.’
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It's time to love
Initially though, the content of the song grew out of a verse earlier in Romans chapter thirteen, ‘Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law’. Rom 13:8. The verses that follow then illustrate how love fulfils the law. If we love our neighbour, we won’t murder, steal, lie or covet. That seems fairly obvious. If we love others, we are certainly not battling with serious temptations.
But we need to look beyond the issues of murder and theft to see what Paul is saying. Then we’ll understand why he writes the next verses, ‘And do this [love one another] knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ...’.Rom 13:11. Paul is making an important announcement, and that is central to the spirit of this song – awake out of sleep and love! It’s high time. So our aim will be to understand why Paul is speaking about sleep, the night, the day, the armour of light, and putting on the Lord Jesus Christ.
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