Daily Devotional
There Is Time For Everything
Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”
Message
There is a time for everything” is a paraphrasing of some verses in Ecclesiastes 3 in the Bible. It is simply meant that life has lots of different types of events that give expression to different feelings and experiences. It is appropriate to accept those events as part of life rather than try to repress them.
To this end, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, says, :To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
Ecclesiastes 3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Ecclesiastes 3:5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes 3:6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
Ecclesiastes 3:7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes 3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”
In summary, everything in life happens for a reason, and there is a predestined timeline for everything.
Everyone experiences are not solely based on chance. Even the seemingly negative aspects of our lives have a purpose and can lead us to where we are meant to be.
What you have to do is to have faith in the timing of your life and trust that things will fall into place when and where they are meant to.
Isaiah 60:22 says there is hope for you, “A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.”
What do you want to see and when do you want to see it?
As to what you want to see, you may have dreams, ambitions, or goals regarding a relationship, your finances, or some plan you have made but only God has the time wrapped up in His hands.
You may ask, “Is everything in God’s timing?”
Ecclesiastes tells us that God is a God of timing: “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1 ).
What are the two types of time in the Bible?
The New Testament (NT) has two main concepts of time represented by two Greek words: chronos (χρόνος) and kairos (καιρός). Chronos is about sequential time as we often think of it – clocks, calendars, and weekend plans. It’s where we get words like chronological. Kairos is about the right season or occasion.
Chronos is quantitative. Kairos is qualitative. The difference between these two words is the difference between a minute and a moment. A minute is measured by seconds, or by a clock.
Life is always changing, and there is a time for everything. Think about how quickly life circumstances can change. There is a time for embrace and a time not to embrace. There is a time to keep things and a time when we must throw things away.
Why is timing so important to God?
God’s perfect timing does two things: It grows our faith as we are forced to wait and trust in God and it makes certain that He, and He alone, gets the glory and praise for pulling us through. “My times are in Your hands …” Psalm 31:15. At the right time, God will provide your needs.
What is God’s time called?
In the New Testament, “kairos” means “the appointed time in the purpose of God,” the time when God acts (e.g. Mark 1:15: the kairos is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand).
How does time work for God?
The question of God’s relation to time has generated a great amount of theological and philosophical reflection. The traditional view has been that God is timeless in the sense of being outside time altogether; that is, he exists but does not exist at any point in time and he does not experience temporal succession.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 Reminds Us Jesus Conquered the Enemy
Because God, the Lord over time, has come to us in the person of Jesus. He has lived the life we couldn’t live. He’s died the death we deserve to die, on a cross, and he has conquered the enemy we could not conquer, death itself. Glory be to God.
You will conquer too in Jesus name.