Have you ever felt like there just aren’t enough hours in the day? We’re not racing against time—we’re walking toward the God-ordained moments He has already prepared for us. Our job is simply not to give up!
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TIME and MONEY
The “Time Poverty” Study: A larger-scale survey analysis of 2.5 million Americans found that 80% reported feeling they did not have enough time to do what they wanted or needed to do.
– National Institute of Health
What is time poverty?
Time poverty means feeling that you have too many obligations and not enough time for essential activities such as sleep, exercise, relationships, meal preparation, healthcare, and rest. Researchers define it as having very little discretionary time after work, caregiving, commuting, and household responsibilities are accounted for.
Time does not move; we move
Chronos: measurement of time – days of the week, hours, morning/afternoon
Kairos: intersects into chronos time; LIFE CHANGING MOMENT
Definition: An appointed, opportune, or decisive time in which God acts, calls for a response, or fulfills His purposes.
Declaring the end from the beginning,
And from ancient times things that are not yet done,
Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
And I will do all My pleasure,’
Isaiah 46:10
Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
Psalm 139:16
Nothing can stop you from getting there except yourself
“From the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come because of your words.”
Daniel 10:12
You may decide to stop
How many of us will get to the end of our lives and only reach a portion of our Kairos moments?
2 TYPES OF KAIROS MOMENTS
MARKED BY A MOMENT
Mark 1:15 | the time has come (Kairos moment)
John 5:4 | For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had.
MEETING WITH GOD
Ephesians 6:18 | praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints
Acts 3:19 | Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Moed- old testament – tabernacle of meeting
NEXT STEPS:
Humble yourself before God
I Peter 5:6 | Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
Pride is an obstacle to Kairos moments
Do not give up (grow weary)
Gal 6:9 | Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
And he arose that night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of Jabbok. 23 He took them, sent them over the brook, and sent over what he had. 24 Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the [g]breaking of day. 25 Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him. 26 And He said, “Let Me go, for the day breaks.”
But he said, “I will not let You go unless You bless me!”
27 So He said to him, “What is your name?”
He said, “Jacob.”
28 And He said, “Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have struggled with God and with men, and have prevailed.”
29 Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray.”
And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there.
30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
Gen 32:22-30
Israel- God prevails
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:16