To everything there is a season,

A time for every purpose under heaven:

 

Psalms 90:12

So teach us to number our days,

That we may gain a heart of wisdom.

 

2 Corinthians 6:2

For he says,

“In the time of my favor I heard you,

and in the day of salvation I helped you.”

I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.

 

 

Quotes on timing.

 

“Past and future is determined by what is now…right now! This is why the present is a gift; the only one that ultimately matters most.” T.F. Hodge

 

 

“With God, there’s always an appointed time for things, and when you put Him first, trust in His timing, and keep the faith, miracles happen!” 

― Germany Kent

 

“Sometimes arriving too quickly is detrimental. It is dangerous to arrive without our character mature or intact.” 

― Lisa Bevere.

 

“God is never late and rarely early. He is always exactly right on time--His time.” 

― Dillon Burroughs.

 

“Everything is subject to God’s timing and everything depends on it” 

― Sunday Adelaja

 

“You don't have to swing hard to hit a home run. If you got the timing, it'll go.”

Yogi Berra. 

 

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.

 

The Four major Seasons of LIFE. 

Destiny is measured in time. 

 

Morning stage 0-25 years.

 

• Days filled with innocence & beautiful. 

• Days of growing up and gaining strength.

• You make mistake & life can forgive you.

• Days to be saved & filled with Holy Spirit 

• Day to create strategic life relationships.

• Days to build systems & structures. 

• Stage of learning & experimenting with life. 

• Days to make massive spiritual investment in your young spirit. 

• Days to serve and be trained. 

• Luke 2:41-42

• His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast. 

• Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

 

Afternoon stage 25-49 years. 

 

• The stage of executing what you have learnt.

• Time to strengthen the systems & structure you established in younger years. 

• Time to build your dream and vision.

• Time to invest for your later years.

• Time to raise the next generation and impacting the next generation.

• Time to invest in your future.

• Time to strengthen strategic relationships and be aligned with purpose. 

• Time to prepare for retirement.

 

David. 

 

1 Samuel 17:26

Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

 

Joseph

 

Genesis 41:14

Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

 

 

 

What to do in your years of plenty. 

 

1. Build capacity. 2 kings 4:4-6 oil+ vessels to build capacity. Prayer life, word life.

2. Build quality relationships. Ecclesiastes 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:

Be aware of peoples who want to be close to you but don’t want to change their values. 

 

3. Selflessly invest in blessings and saving as many lives. 1 Samuel 22:1-2 and 2 Samuel 23:8

 

4. Study and carefully follow those who have maintained relevance through seasons. Hebrews 6:12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

 

Evening stage 50-75

• stage of maximum kingdom impact.

• Time to build institutions that hold your value.

• The time to shine brightest in the evening.

• The stage of establishing your legacy.

• The stage to pass on what you have learnt and values you hold dear.

• Time to build the systems and structure for the next generation. 

 

Joshua 14:12-13

Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said.”

And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.

 

 

Night Stage 75-100

• The stage of rest not death.

• Time to enjoy what the Lord has done in your life.

• Time to empty yourself by blessing the next generation. 

 

Genesis 48:1-2

Now it came to pass after these things that Joseph was told, “Indeed your father is sick”; and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. And Jacob was told, “Look, your son Joseph is coming to you”; and Israel strengthened himself and sat up on the bed.

 

The results of Timing on Destiny & Eternity.

 

1. Timing will affect our destiny and assignment on earth. 

 

Joseph.

 

Genesis 41:37-40

 

The plan seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his officials. So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?”

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you. ”

 

Mary.

Luke 1:34-38

Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”

And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.”

Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

 

Prayer point.

 

• Let us pray that we will be prepared to enter the destiny the Lord has prepared for us.

• Let pray to have have an understanding of the timing (moment) the determine our seasons.

 

2. Our timing  will affect your generation & future generations.

 

Ruth 

Ruth 1:14-18 

At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her. ‘’Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.” But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

 

The Zarephath widow 

1 Kings 17:10-11 

So he went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow gathering sticks, and he asked her, “Would you please bring me a little water in a cup?” As she was going to get it, he called to her, “Bring me a bite of bread, too.”

 

Prayer point 

 

• Let us pray that we will make decisions that will positively affect our generations to come. 

 

• Let us pray that as husbands, fathers, leaders and servants we will discern the right timing and make the right decisions.

 

3. Timing affects eternity.

 

The way we make use of our time and timing will influence our eternity.

 

What we do with our time and timing will resound even into our eternity and that of others.

 

Luke 23:39-42

One of the criminals hanging beside him scoffed, “So you’re the Messiah, are you? Prove it by saving yourself—and us, too, while you’re at it!”

But the other criminal protested, “Don’t you fear God even when you have been sentenced to die? We deserve to die for our crimes, but this man hasn’t done anything wrong.” Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”

 

2 Corinthians 6:2

For He says:

“In an acceptable time I have heard you,

And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.

 

Let us pray that our timing will positively affect our destinies, assignment and eternity.