Romans 12:15

What is time?  When you look at a clock, you see the time.  There is a time for everything.  There is even a time for things you do not enjoy doing.     

An animal that rejoices when others rejoice and mourns when others mourn is a mockingbird.  Some of their calls are gloomy, others bright and cheery.  Another is a Chameleon; they know when to change their colors.  They aren’t bright orange on a green leaf.  Chameleons know God’s timing.  As do the Saguaro Cacti, only at night do their precious flowers open.  You would never catch a Saguaro Cactus with its flowers open in daylight.

When I look for an example of time in nature, I think of a bear.  Every year, around the same time, the bear settles down to sleep for several months.  This is their instinct.  The sun also knows timing, it knows when to rise and set.  The sun doesn’t rise at 3pm and set at 5am, God created it to rise and set at around the same timeframe each day.

 Do YOU know timing?  Peter, one of Jesus’ disciples didn’t exactly understand timing.  That’s okay, as humans, we naturally aren’t perfect.  Only one being is perfect and this being isn’t on earth, He dwells in the skies.  Only God is perfect.

One way that you know timing is important is how early you learn it.  It is as important as learning how to eat and sleep.  From a young age, you are required to know time.

 A teacher of mine recently read from the book of Ecclesiastes.  Of everything that she could have read, she read about time, showing me the parallel verse to Romans 12:15.  It is:  There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven… –Ecclesiastes 3:1

Listen and wait for God’s timing.  It is always perfect.  If you try to do things alone, nothing turns out good.  The verse below elaborates upon this point.

Luke 3:23 (Notes) NIV

Don’t jump ahead-trust God’s timing.

A Time

Rejoice with those who rejoice, mourn with those who mourn.

~Romans 12:15