The Favourable Time

UV 4260/10000 The Favourable Time Or Kairos Time But when ( in God's plan) the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the (regulations of the ) Law. Galatians 4 v 4 The Greek concept of time distinguishes between physical or quantitative time measured in seconds, minutes, hours, weeks, months, years or Chronos and Kairos or Quality or deep time, spiritual time measured in moments of reverence, wonder, joy, awe, thanksgiving, realization, victory, experiences of life, revelations.. Kairos is the time of God's favour. The time God considers the opportune moment to do or reveal something. It is the hour appointed for God to manifest Himself in human affairs. From the human perspective it is the most precious and memorable moments in our days, the memorable ones, the peaceful ones, the joyful ones, the turning points of our lives, the defining and refining moments of our lives. The birth of Jesus on earth altered the course of history of the world and of the nations as it did the lives of millions of individuals right through history. The birth of Jesus by faith in our hearts alters our individual destinies and enables us to experience the kairos dimensions of time,the miracle moments which transcend time, the laws and rules of nature. God with us, or Emmanuel alters our concept of time from chronos to kairos, for now time and space constraints do not hold us back from anything, nothing is impossible though everything that happens cannot be predicted or expected. When God is present in us and with us, all our time is potentially changed to kairos or significant time. The relentless march of time marked by the hands of the clock or watch is not stopped but the actions and events to fulfil God's purpose for man on earth and in heaven is speeded up, not on the fast track but on the right track. God being infinite and not confined by space or time transforms our lives into a series of kairos moments stretching into the timeless, boundless, everlasting, eternal realms. Scripture records that God stopped the sun in its tracks when God's power was invoked by Moses in the war of Israel against some enemies resisting their advance to Canaan, the Promised Land. The journey of the earth around the sun is what produces chronos or quantity time. Our God encounters are our "kairos" moments when our strenght and access to resources are enabled by His grace to overcome physical and other limitations. Even the birth of Jesus is under the law of Moses. So much so, the child of God begotten of a woman, Mary is even subjected to the tradition of circumcision as required by Jewish law. But thereafter, the law of Moses steps back to allow full play of grace. Our lives after we are born again by faith in Jesus moves from the shadow of limitations to the shadow or presence of the Almighty. We move from the want or lack of physical strength, resources, abilities, time to an area of abundance. If we are in sync with God, we are in alignment with His perfect and pleasing will, our lives will be a series of kairos moments.