Kairos:God’s Opportune Time Table

There are moments and seasons that are not defined by man or their opinions. In those moments “their” opinions don’t matter, your background does not matter, and your last name does not matter. Those moments are the ones that define your destiny and triumph over your past. Those seasons are the ones that you are born to walk in and nothing can steal them away from you. That moment and that season is specified as being your kairos moment.

Your life, your destiny, your ministry, and your purpose are all in your kairos moment. Everything that you are and ever will be, boils down to that moment. Your kairos moment cannot be defined, manipulated, or determined by man because it is a moment that is determined by God alone. King David was the underdog. He was the youngest and most different when compared to his brothers. Even the prophet Samuel could not identify God’s chosen vessel in the flesh because God had to reveal to him who the next king would be. Being alone and being the underdog can make you appear as if you are unimportant, but those attributes can also be what causes you to be chosen. David was not popular with man, but he was known by God. David was not initially in the field fighting in wars with King Saul, but he could be found in the palace playing instruments to ease King Saul’s sorrows.

Don’t allow depression to overtake a time in your life when God wants to manifest Himself to you. The silence that you encounter only prepares you to be able to hear and identify God’s voice when you move into a season that becomes loud. David did not stay a Shepard for long. He became a warrior and a king through the move of God, not man. David did not have traditional training; He had God training in every area that God wanted to use him in. Don’t concern yourself with finding a mentor or being properly trained by human standards. What God is going to do with and through you, will supersede anything that a man could have ever imagined or taught you.

What are you doing with your loneliness? What are you doing when no one picks up the phone to call and check up on you? what are you doing with all your emotions? Are you allowing your feelings to control you or are you seeking the Lord concerning the season that He is preparing you for?

God is so protective of us that he does not want anyone to touch what He is working on. He is like an artist that conceals His work until it is ready to be shown to the world. He perfects us, does touch ups on us, and He makes us so beautiful that nobody but Him can get credit for the shine that we have.

Allow God to do the work in your life. Stop questioning Him about where your friends are. In this season, God is your friend. Proverbs 18:24 says that there is One who sticks to you closer than a brother. Jesus is always around. He always calls and checks up on you. He has already prayed those prayers that you are longing for someone to pray for you. He cares and has never stopped caring about the condition of your soul and the condition of your heart.

Psalm 46:1 says that God is my refuge, my strength, and my present help. Proverbs 18:10 says that the name of the Lord is a strong tower that I can run to and be safe. Psalm 23:5 says that my cup overflows. Lord I thank you for being my protection and my strength. I thank you for being my strong tower. I thank you that you hear me in times of trouble and that you loved me first. I thank you for not abandoning the work of your hands and you are perfecting me for your glory. I will give thanks and I will rejoice because you cannot fail. I will laugh without fear of the future and I will believe the report of the Lord. By your stripes Lord, I am healed, set free, and delivered. Eyes have not seen, and ears have not heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man what you have prepared for me. Lord I love you and I thank you for encouraging me, In Jesus name, Amen.

Note: Kairos and Chronos are both used to define time in the Greek. Chronos is man’s time. Kairos is God’s time.

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