“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Ecc 3:1. The word season in the Hebrew means Zaman; it’s an appointed or an affixed time. If everything has a time then we must understand that as we go through life, there are divine appointments waiting for us.
God is not limited to our timetable. We live by the chronos which is another word for time or the Gregorian calendar. We measure time by 24 hours in a day; 30 days in a month; 12 months or 365 days in a year; however, God is not moved by the chronos. God moves by “kairos” time. Kairos time is a set apart moment/season. They are God’s divine appointments where time and destiny meets.
Inside of every season are divine appointments. God links His timing to His will; which is able to interrupt our chronos. If we are going to be prepared for the kairos moments that are happening even as you are reading this blog; we must prepare ourselves to discern the times, seasons and events from God’s perspective and not our own. We have a responsibility like the Children of Issachar in 2nd Chronicles who understood the times and the seasons.
How do we prepare? Spending time in the word and in prayer prepares your spirit to discern the prompting and voice of God. It sensitizes you and makes you familiar with the stillness of God. God will not speak over your chaos and the noise around you. The talk of the news and what’s going on can’t be more prevalent than God’s presence. Yes, it’s ok to stay abreast of the national crisis in the world; however, you must see and hear with your spiritual eyes and ears. Not allowing the negative comments to be bigger in you than the truth of God’s word.
There is a daily shaking in the world system that strikes fear and confusion in those around us. We face an uncertain future; however, I believe God is offering the believers tremendous opportunity to break through the norm and see the Kingdom of God expand. This is the time to press into God and hear the clarion call that has already gone forth as God prepares His bride to bring forth the greatest level of His glory on the earth. Romans 8 talks about how all the earth is travailing, and groaning in expectation of the manifestation of the Sons of God.
This is the time to stay focus on the big picture and not the day to day obstacles that are stealing our attention from the greater purpose. Do you remember “Get Smart” the TV show? Maxwell Smart would walk through these doors and one by one as he reached the door it would open. Maxwell never stopped walking. He didn’t pause or hesitate to see if the door would open; he just kept moving forward with full anticipation that the next door would open.
I like to call that the seasons of God and when we walk through another door it represents the kairos moments. If we are good stewards over our chronos, by keep moving forward with what God put in your heart to do then we will step into the divine appointments that God has for us which will transition us into another season.
Pastor Karen Presley
www.karenpresley.org
