TIMES OF OUR LIFE

We have been looking at time with Ecclesiastes chapter 3 as our main scripture and as we continue let's try and highlight the importance of personalizing time. Recently, I have learnt that if you want to make a difference you don't need to know everything but you need to know somethings that are crucial. Time is one such thing that needs mastering. Many people do claim to know time; what the clock is saying, what date it is, what week or month is it and so on. Question is, does it have to end there? Remember time is best told by what is happening. 

In Luke chapter 19, there's an account on Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem. I want us to see something that we usually miss on how the story turns into a weeping session. Verse 44 reads, "And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." This prophecy by Jesus about Jerusalem becoming ruins was a consequence of the Jews' failure to tell time properly, as the final part of the verse says they failed to recognize the time of their divine visitation.

As sad as this may sound, this is the truth about many nowadays. As much as we can tell what time it is, we can't tell what time it is for. The narrative in Ecclesiastes 3 emphasizes that there's time for everything. As individuals, God works in us and through us according to time, unfortunately most of us fail to discern the seasons. Cooperatively, as a church, we may know the seasons because our pastor has it defined for us, but do we personally know our seasons and times in our lives?

Paul warned the Ephesians saying, "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil" Ephesians 5:15‭-‬16 (KJV). In plain language, Paul was telling the church to walk carefully not as fools and that they should make most/benefit as much as they can of the time (redeeming the time) they have in these evil times (days).

Brethren what is the time of our lives? What is God doing in & with your life now or this year? Is it our time to plant or reap? Is it our time to be built or demolish? In whatever time it is of our lives, lets make the most of it.

Scripture readings:
Ecclesiastes 3:1-12
Luke 19:28-44
Ephesians 5:15-16