HOW TO DISCERN THE RIGHT TIME

Ecclesiastes 3:1To everything there is a season, 1 A time for every purpose under heaven:

We need to understand God's timing.  Oftentimes we know what should happen, but we are uncertain about when it should happen.  When we move to fast, we miss it (ambition), when we hesitate (procrastination) we miss it. 

There are three words used in the Bible to describe time. 

chronos  denotes a space of time, whether short, e.g., Matt. 2:7; Luke 4:5, or long, e.g., Luke 8:27; 20:9; or a succession of times, shorter, e.g., Acts 20:18, or longer, e.g., Rom. 16:25, R.V., "times eternal;" or duration of time,

E.g., Mark 2:19, 2nd part, R.V., "while" (A.V., "as long as"), lit., 'for whatever time.'

kairos  primarily due measure, due proportion, when used of time, signified a fixed or definite period, a season, sometimes an opportune or seasonable time, e.g., Rom. 5:6, R.V., "season"; Gal. 6:10, "opportunity." In Mark 10:30 and Luke 18:30, "this time" (kairos), i.e., in this lifetime, is contrasted with 'the coming age.' In 1 Thess. 5:1, "the times and the seasons," "times" (chronos) refers to the duration of the interval previous to the Parousia of Christ and the length of time it will occupy, as well as other periods; "seasons" refers to the characteristics of these periods

hoµra primarily, any time or period fixed by nature, is translated "time" in Matt. 14:15; Luke 14:17; Rom. 13:11, "high time;" in the following the R.V. renders it "hour," for A.V., "time," Matt. 18:1; Luke 1:10; John 16:2, 4, 25; 1 John 2:18 (twice); Rev. 14:15; in Mark 6:35, R.V., "day;" in 1 Thess. 2:17, R.V., "a short (season)," lit., '(the season, A.V., time) of an hour.' See Hour.

Our concern therefore is with God's Kairos time for something.  We need to understand and know how to pick up the signs of the times, and act accordingly.  Zechariah 10:1 Ask the Lord for rain 1 In the time of the latter rain. The Lord will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone.

Principle number ONE

Know the scriptures.  A farmer knows the seasons and how to interpret it.  He looks at the wind, the habits of certain creatures, and the clouds, he can even taste and smell the rain.  He has learned to tune his senses to the signs of nature regarding the change of seasons.  Also in the spirit, the word and our interpretation of it, will show us about things to come, the more we know the Word, the better we will understand.  The only difference is that the farmer sees, hear and smell in the natural, where we need to learn to look up and see "the white harvest" look up, and see beyond the natural, in the spirit. 

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The word is a lamp unto our path and a light unto our feet. 

Principle number TWO

Learn how to wait on the Lord.  Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you Isaiah 40:3131 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. This means wait until He speaks to you, reveal His Word to you, gives you clarity and perspective.  Wisdom is not knowledge it's a person.  Job 36:4 One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.  James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Principle number THREE

Deal with self.  Ambition and Procrastination are the two agents of the flesh that causes us to miss God. 

Ambition: It cannot wait, is always in a hurry, time is pressure.  It gets frustrated when things aren't happening fast enough.  Ambition uses people, and God to attain its goal.  "Please bless this endeavour, Lord" is often heard instead of "Here I am Lord send me" The success of obedience lies within the obedience not the outcome.  Ambition is I wanting to do something great for God, where meekness is God wanting to do something great through you.  When God says something, it will be successful and blessed.  The antidote for ambition is meekness and humility.  Meekness is strength under God's control.  We learn meekness from looking unto Christ.  Seeing his example.  Matthew 11:29 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls

Procrastination:  Is based within fear and double-mindedness.  Fear of man, failure, rejection and suffering.  Fear is a natural tendency of man and is the opposite of faith.  The safety of our own habitat and surroundings become a place of security.  This is a false sense of security.  The fruit of this sin are the following:  We become suspicious of men and their motives.  We become perfectionist.  We do not like confrontation and shift the responsibility by blaming others.  We over-analyse and can discuss the problem in detail without providing solutions.  We justify our behaviour and do not like to be corrected.  James 1:8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.  The opposite of this act of the flesh is faith.  Faith is seeing something as so real in the spirit that you base you complete trust in what you have seen although there are no evidence of what you have seen in the natural.  Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  Fear believes something, which has not yet happened yet.  Fear is faith in reverse.  This is why it is so important to get a (Rhema) Word from the Lord and act on it.  Immediate obedience is needed.  When you hesitate, you miss it.  When you rationalise, you miss it.  It is by faith!  We walk by faith.  "The just shall live by faith" Faith is being blind in the natural but seeing in the spiritual.  Once you have lost your fears you can begin to trust and act according to the Word of God no matter the consequences. 

Principle number FOUR

Learn to trust your spirit.  1 Corinthians 2:9-10 But as it is written: 1 "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.  "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord" He will guide you through your spirit.  Your spirit knows things your brain cannot yet explain.  Recognise the peace of the Lord in your spirit.  Be honest with self and beware of the expectation of man or self.  Wrong expectations can fool the heart and when it does not happen the way we expected it, we are discouraged and loose hope.  Do not compare yourself with others and do not look at man.  Keep your eyes on Jesus; keep your heart clean from malice and anger.  Stay in the peace of the Lord.  Do not make haste decisions or give in to the pressure.  "Enter the peace of the Lord diligently" Learn to relax! Breath!  Only someone that has died to all ambitions and expectations of man, who has come to the full embrace of His acceptance towards us who believe, can truly enter this peace, and be accurately led by His Spirit.  The things of the spirit is often foolishness to man.  That is why Jesus rebuked Peter for thinking the thoughts of a man.  Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.  What is needed here practically is the ability to contemplate and meditate.  It is when our soul becomes like a crystal clear pool that we really can hear the drops of His intent.  This means you need to know how to calm the inner turmoil of your emotions and thoughts in prayer and writing, then once you have attained this consciousness of spirit to wait on Him to fill you with His knowledge and perspective.

Principle number Five

There is a difference between God's spesific will for your life and His general will.  In terms of General Will, I have to know the scriptures and through obedience to His spirit enter the grace to do His will in everything.  Not only understanding the letter of the Law, but the spirit of the Word.  Living according to the frequency of the Word,  and the operating system of the Word.  Here we take the insiative to fulfil and perform the Word.  In terms of His Spesific will; God initiates and speaks to us about something spesifically, that we shoul obey.