Wednesday December 16th, 2020
Memorize: Ecclesiastes 3:1 New English Translations Bible (NTE)
« For everything there is an appointed time (season), and an appropriate time for every activity on earth »
Read: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 New Living Translations (NLT)
1 For everything there is a season,
a time for every activity under heaven.
2 A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
3 A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
4 A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
5 A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
6 A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
7 A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
8 A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace.
9 What do people really get for all their hard work?
10 I have seen the burden God has placed on us all.
11 Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time.
He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so,
people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
Message:
We learnt from the wise King Solomon that there is a time for every purpose under heaven and this of course includes every human being.
Everyone wants to be greatly successful, but there is a process to undergo before the success comes.
We must give consideration to the unique seasons we are in as individuals at every point in time.
Many times, people get lucky and get a taste of the success they are pursuing before the time comes. David for example got a taste of being the number one citizen of Israel before he sat on the throne. After killing Goliath, the women considered him the most important man in the nation. They even sang that he was more successful than King Saul.
« So the women sang as they danced, and said: “Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. »
1 Samuel 18:7 NKJV
This short taste of success did not make David plan a coup and overthrow Saul. He knew it was not yet time, so he went back to serving Saul.
Many people these days would have started their own army and called it The Giant Slayers and the name of David would have faded away.
A medical student who treats malaria successfully and goes to open a hospital will soon become the only patient there.
Go through the process necessary for success.
There is a seed time and a harvest time.
If you eat all the seed up, when harvest time comes, there would be nothing to reap.
If you are in doubt, always ask God what season of your life you are in.
Egypt would have perished during the famine if God had not revealed to Pharaoh in a dream that a season of abundance was coming and it would be followed by a season of famine (Genesis 41:25-32).
God is the controller of times and seasons; you should constantly ask Him what season of your life you’re currently in so you don’t commit any errors or miss out on the prospective blessings.
Prayer point: Father God, please give me divine wisdom to discern the seasons and the times of my life, in Jesus’ name, amen.
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Text edited by Naomie
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