Timing is everything

Timing is everything.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.
Ecclesiastes 3:1

You have probably heard this phrase many times. There is a great deal of truth in that statement. The difference between a good joke and a bad one is a person’s sense of timing. An appropriate pause makes a joke successful…an inappropriate pause can kill the same joke. Timing is essential when dealing with people. You don’t ask for a raise when business is not going well or when things are tense around the office. You don’t try to correct someone who feels threatened by you. You don’t ask for a favor when someone is under a lot of stress or is angry. Timing is important in cooking. The juicy hamburger on the grill is raw meat if cooked for too little time and a clump of charcoal if it is cooked too long. Timing is important in medicine. If you catch a problem early you will be able to treat it more effectively. Your timing is important in taking medication. If you take your medicine as directed, it will be helpful. If you skip doses, it loses its effectiveness. If you take extra doses, it can be deadly. Timing is important in finance. When you invest in a particular stock and when you sell the same stock will be the difference between making a profit or taking a loss.

Timing is important in your spiritual life as well. It is critical to live your life with an acute awareness of God’s timing. In Eccl 3:1-8, Solomon tells us that life is really a matter of timing, for timing is everything. This should be evident to us. You and I probably have a dozen clocks and four or five calendars in our homes. Many of us carry a timepiece attached to our wrist. Time indicators are built into our cell phones and computer screens.

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace

Timing is everything. If timing is everything, how then should we live? Live every moment for the glory of God. Don’t waste a single minute in serving the Lord.

Living every moment for Christ!
Aaron Hodges