"Go with me to the concert this afternoon," said a city salesman to a new assistant at the warehouse.
"I can't," was the reply. "My time is not my own. It belongs to the firm during business hours.”
The next Sunday afternoon the same salesman said to the new clerk: "Come with us and have a good time this evening.”
The same reply came: "I cannot; my time is not my own. It belongs to One who loved me, and gave Himself for me.”
Years passed. The Christian was nearing the end of life. He had risen to an excellent place in business, and life offered much before him.
"Are you ready to go?" asked a friend.
"Certainly," was the triumphant answer. "I have sought to make Christ my object. He has guided me thus far and I am in His hands. My time is not my own!”
"We thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that He died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto Him which died for them, and rose again." 2 Cor. 5:14, 1514For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: 15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (2 Corinthians 5:14‑15).