TAKE TIME
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8
Time is of utmost importance in whatever you do in life. Time is of two meanings in the Greek root words. There is the “chronos” and the “kyros”. While chronos refers to the daily sequence of events, kyros deals with seasons. Both are important but must not be mistaken for one another. Time in the chronos is what we see daily. As the saying goes, “time is going, and waits for nobody”. No-matter what happens, the clock ticks away. It does not respect your weaknesses, strength, obstacles, excuses etc. You just find out you are aging whether you do something about it or not.
On the other hand, the “kyros” time speaks of the “opportuned” time i. e. the best and the momentous season for doing something. You may be presented with a chance that may never come again. You have an opportunity to do a good deed, invest in a business, witness to somebody, make an appearance, lift someone, register your presence; seize a moment etc. This is what the preacher refers to in our text today. There are times and there are seasons. Please be aware that time is not partial. It is a currency given to everyone on earth in the same quantity.
Everyone has twenty-four hours daily. But the value of time differs from person to person depending on what each person inputs into it. What you do with time determines what you reap out of time at the end of time. You can waste your time; you can spend time or invest time. As already said, it waits for nobody. Whether you are awake, working or playing, you are aging. This is the chronos. At the end of age, you look back, what you have or where you are at a particular point is the cumulative effect of what you have done with time-wasted; spent or invested.
In the sequence of time, you may be presented with a “kyros” moment. Opportunities just come your way which, if seized and utilized, projects you forward or higher in the journey of destiny. The story of life is that many believers are blind to their kyros moments. Some operate with “chronos” mentality in the “kyros” moments of God. When Joseph received the message that he was sent for from the palace, he knew that was an opportunity that he had been waiting for.
He seized the moment. He not only dressed for the occasion, he had the interpretation of pharaoh’s dream and the solution. That solution which he provided launched him forth to this destiny fulfilment. He did not wait for Pharaoh to ask what should be done. He had an answer ready. And of course he was asked to handle the situation.
What you do when presented with opportunities is important and essential to life. Many times, you look back and with the benefit of hindsight, you discovered you had wasted several “Kyros” moments. You must learn to prepare at all times. You must also learn to recognize the moments.
Finally, please note that time confers value to actions. Some things are not necessarily bad or good but depends on timing. For instance, pregnancy and childbirth are welcome and good news. But if a teenager in secondary school gets pregnant, it is not as good as the news of same from the family of a newly wedded couple. There is a time for everything. Elisha asked Gehazi “Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments and olive-yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants and maid servants?” (2 kings 5:26). So there is a time to receive gratifications and a time not to. May God help us all.
MEDITATION: Time can be wasted, spent or invested. Your life will depend on what you do with time.
