Ecclesiastes 8:6 - The Skill of Timing.
Ecclesiastes 8:6 (ESV) For there is a time
and a way for everything, although mans
trouble lies heavy on him.
COMMENTARY PEARL
As you look ahead to the start of a new
year, take some time to reflect on your life. What
needs to stay the same? What needs to change?
One of the most important things to
consider is how you can stay tuned in to Gods
timing. Every great accomplishment involves timing.
A successful football catch requires
incredible timing between quarterback and receiver. In
business, good timing in the market - particularly
decisions about hiring and expanding - can mean
everything. If you sing, you know how important it is to
keep time with the other musicians.
Many years ago I wrote a book called The
Purpose Driven Church. In the first chapter I
compare leadership to surfing. No surfer says,
Lets go make some waves today. Surfers cant
create waves in the ocean. Only God can do that.
Surfers wait for the waves that God creates.
That means surfers spend a lot of time
waiting. Sometimes they might see a wave and let it
go, knowing its not the right time. Then the
surfer sees just the right wave, starts paddling
faster and faster, catches the wave, rides the
wave, and gets off the wave without wiping out.
Surfing looks easy, but in reality it requires a lot
of skill.
The same is true in life. You have to
develop the skill of timing. The Bible says in
Ecclesiastes 8:6, There is a right time and there is a
right way to do everything, but we know so
little (GNT).
THERES A RHYTHM TO LIFE. LEARNING TO
DO THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME TAKES
SKILL. CHRISTIANS OFTEN CALL THAT SKILL WALKING
IN THE SPIRIT. THE MORE YOU GROW AS A
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST, THE BETTER YOU GET AT WALKING IN
THE SPIRIT. Sometimes Gods Spirit leads you
to run fast. Sometimes he leads you to walk
slowly.
For the next several days were going
to look at when God usually wants you to speed
up and when he might want you to slow down. You
can enter the new year trying to make your own
waves. Or you can learn to see and catch the waves
God is making all around you. [Daily Devotional
by Rick Warren:
https://pastorrick.com/devotional/]
LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY ON THIS TOPIC
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2005/20050302-0957.html
http://www.abible.com/devotions/2017/20171109-0924.html
EXCELLENT VIDEO SERIES ON 28 REVELATIONS OF
JESUS
1st of 28: Divine Dining:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_7j1QIKqmY
2nd of 28: Pictures of the Divine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lNI-OQ7-eQ
3rd of 28: A Dirty Bible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMkPvBuuFd4
4th of 28: Cared For:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztXyJVdcCds
5th of 28: Saved:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX45kGRe1HI
6th of 28: You Can Change:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd0gkvK18fo
7th of 28: Reprogramming Our Brains:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov36f_RapXc
8th of 28 Our Holy Father:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XabXLEXsxbY
9th of 28 Gifts of Service:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtuGZviodkA
10th of 28 The Holy Spirit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in89XVs4cGo
11th of 28 The Law of God:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_Q601HjogI
12th of 28 The Sabbath:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sakgnKoTzZI
13th of 28 The Church:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkFw2XsTW-w
14th of 28 The Gift of Prophecy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiO2VC09NPI
15th of 28 Stewardship:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z_lNLAataw
16th of 28 Marriage and the Family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EybxvMQ0K7E
17th of 28 The Remnant and Its Mission:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK6tix2K2qA
18th of 28 Christian Behavior:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecVGsQfAo7Q
Live ongoing series in progress.
YOUR COMMENTS
If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in
hearing from you. Thanks in advance and let's keep
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred
Gibbs
