“It’s Time for a Change”
In a few days we will end the season we know as Summer and move into the season of Autumn (Fall). Based on the Farmers’ Almanac, on September 23, 2019 at 3:50 am we will move from summer to fall. I started to think about the seasons and how it impacts our lives. We like the change of seasons. Some people like certain seasons and some people like certain seasons for a certain time. I heard someone the other day say, “I am ready for Winter!” This testimony was sparked by their weariness of the hot days of Summer. I remember when it was Winter people were complaining they were ready for Spring/Summer to have warmer days. There are many of us who anticipate the changing of the season. Not because of the Farmers’ Almanac but because they are tired of the season they are in.
Paul told the saints in Galatia in Galatians 6:9, “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” Paul was looking at an Eschatological view of salvation and the end times.
He said if we don’t fall out and quit prematurely, we will reap the rewards of eternal life.
God encourages us and warns us that we must stay the course, press our way through and stay on the battlefield until our due season comes.
In the Greek New Testament, there is two words for season: Cronos and Kairos. Cronos is where we get our word Chronological from. It is a specific time such as the length of time. Kairos is meaning a proper or opportune time. Chronos is quantitative and Kairos is qualitative. In Galatians 6:9 the word for season is Kairos which means the proper, opportune time. Paul encourages us by saying that if we don’t give up and stay the course in the proper most opportune time, we will reap the benefits of our work and labor.
For many of us we question and worry about “HOW LONG” (Chronos) we will be where we are and how long before our change comes. If we shift our mindset to “IT’S MY SEASON” (Kairos) we won’t be praying how long but we will be praying Lord, take the time necessary to make me better and put me where you need me to be.
I often wondered why when you bake cookies and cornbread that they don’t give an exact time of how long they are to stay in the oven. The directions say for cookies to bake 12-15 minutes and for cornbread 25-35 minutes. The reason for that is that the time needed in the oven is dependent on the required texture for the acquired taste. For some of us we have to stay in longer to be complete, for others it may be earlier in the process. No matter the time, one person’s season may not be the same for another.
I am one of those persons who are ready for Winter. I love cold weather. I also realize I am fickle too. After being in cold weather so long I am ready for a change into a more warmer climate. I am one who likes to change seasons when I get weary of the season I am in. If I had my way on when the season changes it would make me happy, but it would affect the eco system and how things grow and how the world moves. Your time in your season is not about your happiness or comfort but about how it will prepare you and others around you for a greater purpose.
Michael O. Oyedokun II