Greetings:
We live in a time-controlled, time-shaped, time-driven world.
Some of us more than others.
Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines.
There is a time to get up. There is a time to go to bed. There is a time to eat. There is a time to go to work and a time to leave work. There is a time to get this done or that done. There is a time for everything we do.
Reading through the Gospels, I am reminded that time in our future won't be so important anymore.
In the first verse of book of John in the Amplified Bible, it reads: “In the beginning (before all time) was the Word…”
That means before God created the world and you and I, there was no such thing as time.
That was Paradise for sure.
How many of you know from experience that our timing is very different from God’s timing?
Sometimes, we don’t like it. We are seldom aware of why God doesn’t work in our time frame.
Our vocabulary is full of time references. We can be early or late or right on time.
Will there be time in eternity?
How will we pass the time?
Since there will be no time there, I think we’ll just be happy to be there and consumed with the presence and majesty of our God. It will be a constant time of praise and worship – a never-ending tent revival of jubilation.
We would all be wise to throw away our watches and unplug our clocks occasionally to get back in touch with the real concept of time and prepare ourselves for our eternity trip.
That is not easy for me, even after retiring after living in a deadline world as a journalist for more than three decades. I still want to know what time it is.
Regardless of what time it is, Ecclesiastes Chapter 3:1-8 is still one of my favorite passages to read:
It says:
“For everything there is a season,
A time for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace”
The passages say so much about life, the world, the things all around us as well as the lessons we can learn from something as simple as time.
I am reminded that God's time is always the best time.
God's time is on time, every time no matter what time it is.
Be blessed.
We live in a time-controlled, time-shaped, time-driven world.
Some of us more than others.
Deadlines, deadlines, deadlines.
There is a time to get up. There is a time to go to bed. There is a time to eat. There is a time to go to work and a time to leave work. There is a time to get this done or that done. There is a time for everything we do.
Reading through the Gospels, I am reminded that time in our future won't be so important anymore.
In the first verse of book of John in the Amplified Bible, it reads: “In the beginning (before all time) was the Word…”
That means before God created the world and you and I, there was no such thing as time.
That was Paradise for sure.
How many of you know from experience that our timing is very different from God’s timing?
Sometimes, we don’t like it. We are seldom aware of why God doesn’t work in our time frame.
Our vocabulary is full of time references. We can be early or late or right on time.
Will there be time in eternity?
How will we pass the time?
Since there will be no time there, I think we’ll just be happy to be there and consumed with the presence and majesty of our God. It will be a constant time of praise and worship – a never-ending tent revival of jubilation.
We would all be wise to throw away our watches and unplug our clocks occasionally to get back in touch with the real concept of time and prepare ourselves for our eternity trip.
That is not easy for me, even after retiring after living in a deadline world as a journalist for more than three decades. I still want to know what time it is.
Regardless of what time it is, Ecclesiastes Chapter 3:1-8 is still one of my favorite passages to read:
It says:
“For everything there is a season,
A time for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest.
A time to kill and a time to heal.
A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to cry and a time to laugh.
A time to grieve and a time to dance.
A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones.
A time to embrace and a time to turn away.
A time to search and a time to quit searching.
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear and a time to mend.
A time to be quiet and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate.
A time for war and a time for peace”
The passages say so much about life, the world, the things all around us as well as the lessons we can learn from something as simple as time.
I am reminded that God's time is always the best time.
God's time is on time, every time no matter what time it is.
Be blessed.
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