We are told to redeem the time because the days are evil (Eph. 5:16). Paul said that knowing the time, it is high time to awake out of sleep (Rom. 13:11). We should be careful what we do with our time. Bernard Berenson said,
"I would that I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours."
Another said, "One today is worth a dozen tomorrows. Therefore, use today wisely. Take time to do the things that matter and that will bring eternal dividends."
Time is too precious to lose. Horace Mann wrote, "Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, for they are gone forever."
"So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Psalm 90:12.