Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 (BBE)
1 For everything there is a fixed time, and a time for every business under the sun.
2 A time for birth and a time for death; a time for planting and a time for uprooting;
3 A time to put to death and a time to make well; a time for pulling down and a time for building up;
4 A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;
5 A time to take stones away and a time to get stones together; a time for kissing and a time to keep from kissing;
6 A time for search and a time for loss; a time to keep and a time to give away;
7 A time for undoing and a time for stitching; a time for keeping quiet and a time for talk;
8 A time for love and a time for hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
9 What profit has the worker in the work which he does?
10 I saw the work which God has put on the sons of man.
11 He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
There is a time for everything under the sun, there is a time for each of us to accomplish what God plans for us, there is a time and season for every opportunity and occasion ordained and approved by the Lord. The Bible describes God’s relationship to time in several places. Psalm 90:4 says, “For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.” Second Peter 3:8 says, “…with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.” Isaiah 57:15 says that God “inhabits eternity.”
In our universe time is linear. We go forward at a steady rate, making allowances for velocity and gravity. We cannot go back in time, and we cannot experience more than one instance at a time. We all have the same twenty-four (24) hours, nobody gets more, we cannot exchange something to get more time. Once it’s gone, it’s gone, it cannot be gotten back or redone.
God id everything, including time, He is not subject to time because He’s timeless. God is never early or late; He is always on time.
God does not have a time limitation. He does not live within the semi-linear timeline of our universe. He experiences every moment all at once because He sees the full picture, the end from the beginning says Isaiah 46:10.
When we understand that time has already been scheduled by the creator of the universe, it should take all the pressure off us in trying to get things done at a specific period because God has established a set time for whatever we ask Him from long ago according to Isaiah 25:1.
God is time, there is no time limit in Him. He is always and will always oversee time.
God created time as a part of His “good creation” in Genesis 1:1.
God transcends time, existing in the past, present, and future simultaneously in Isaiah 43:12.
God works in this world within the context of the time Galatians 4:4-5.
Our time on earth is precious and fleeting James 4:14.
Time has no meaning or value in eternity according to Revelation 4:8-10.
God is concerned with how we use our time on this earth in Ephesians 5:16-17.
God is precise in His dealings with you, don’t live your life on the premise of luck, coincidence and chance. Trust God’s timing, He’s not a second early or late. God is faithful and true to His word; He is never in a hurry.
God’s appointed time is the best, we see only in part according to 1 Corinthians 13:12 but the Lord sees all.
God’s time is Chronos time, Et time and seasons. He will not shift it to “your time,” if you are waiting for God and He hasn’t come through yet, it may be that you still need to learn some things, unlearn some things and grow, but know He will make all things beautiful in His time, Vs 11.
God’s time is purposely to glorify His name and to exult His power, John 14, God knows what is best for you and He will figure out when and how your set time should be.
Shalom