Seizing the moment - The Light Bulb moment

LIGHT BULB MOMENT

IN THE GREEK LANGUAGE, THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT, THEY USE TWO DIFFEENT WORDS FOR TIME.

CHRONOS AND KAIROS

CHRONOS TIME - THE WORD CHRONOS GIVES US CHRONOLOGY.

The Lexham Bible Dictionary Χρόνος (chronos)

It tends to be used more quantitatively to indicate a measurable duration (e.g., Matt 25:19; Mark 9:21; Luke 8:27); period (e.g., Acts 1:21; 1 Pet 1:20); or point in time (e.g., Matt 2:7; Heb 5:12

CHRONOS TIME IS DRUDGERY. TIME MEASURED BY THE TICKING OF THE CLOCK.

EACH SECOND EXACTLY LIKE THE ONE THAT WENT BEFORE IT:

EXAMPLES:

A CONVICT IN HIS PRISON CELL CHECKING OFF DATES ON A CALENDAR

A PERSON WITH INSOMNIA THAT ALL THEY CAN HERE IS THE INCESSANT TICKING OF THE CLOCK AS THEY WILL THE SUN TO RISE

A PERSON WHO HATES THEIR JOB AND WAITS FOR 5 O CLOCK SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF THERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE

OR EVEN A STUDENT WAITING FOR THE BELL TO RING SO CLASS CAN BE OVER

WHAT ABOUT A TRAFFIC JAM - CONTINUALLY LOOKING AT THE CLOCK KNOWING YOU WILL BE LATE

THAT IS CHRONOS TIME

IT IS EMPTY, MEANINGLESS HUMDRUM TIME, A VOID THAT MUST BE FILLED. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT KILLING TIME WE ARE REFERRING TO CHRONOS TIME.

KAIROS TIME

The Lexham Bible Dictionary Καιρός (kairos)

καιρός (kairos)

• It is usually qualitative, referring to an appointed time (e.g., Matt 26:18) or an opportunity (e.g., Gal 6:10).

An event when one suddenly understands something even if the concept had been explained several times before.

AHHA MOMENTS

REPRESENTS THOSE RICH, EXTRA SPECIAL, SIGNIFICANT DRAMATIC MOMENTS THAT ARE PACKED WITH MEANING.

MOMENTS THAT STAND OUT AND STAY WITH YOU FOR A LIFETIME.

KAIROS TIME IS FULL TIME,

VITAL TIME,

CRUCIAL TIME

DECISIVE TIME

GOD’S TIME

THOSE RICH SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT BREAK INTO THE HUMDRUM AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

WHEN THINGS SEEM TO BE FALLING INTO PLACE AND GOD SPEAKS TO YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. THAT IS KAIROS.

AND IF YOU WANT THE THEOLOGIAN WORD FOR IT, IT WOULD BE A MOMENT OF REVELATION.

KAIROS IS A VERY KEY WORD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. WHEN JESUS CAME PREACHING HE SAID “THE TIME IS FULFILLED” AND THE WORD IS KAIROS NOT CHRONOS

Mark 1:15 NLT

“The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!”

The Bible uses the word kairos and its cognates 86 times in the New Testament (e.g., in Matthew 8:29; Luke 19:44; and Acts 24:25). The word often includes the idea of an opportunity or a suitable time for an action to take place. When we “seize the day,” we are taking advantage of the kairos given to us. Kairos is related to the Greek word kara (“head”). A kairos is a time when things “come to a head,” requiring decisive action.

The Bible warns that we should take full advantage of the opportunities God gives us. Unbelievers have the responsibility to respond to opportunities to believe the gospel. Jesus’ first recorded sermon was simple: “The time [kairos] has come. . . . The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:8). When the people of Galilee were confronted with Jesus’ life-changing message, God expected them to believe.

WHAT IS THIS LIFE CHANGING MESSAGE?

JESUS MAKES A LOT OF REFERNCES TO THE “KINGDOM OF GOD”

WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD?

YOU SEE A KINGDOM NEEDS 4 THINGS

A KING - JESUS

A DOMAIN - EARTH

SUBJECTS- PEOPLE

A GOVERNMENT OR SET OF LAWS.

WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN KINGDOMS

KINGDOMS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE THINGS OF GOD IN MIND

JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID TO THE PEOPLE I AM NOT THE MESSIAH - AFTER ME WILL COME ONE WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT FIT TO UNTIE.

JOHN BAPTISED WITH WATER

BUT HE TOLD THEM THAT JESUS WILL BAPTISE WITH THE SPIRIT

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THIS GOOD NEWS YOU TALKING ABOUT?

WELL LET ME TELL YOU:

Isaiah 61:1–3 NLT

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed. He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.

TO THE POOR

MONEY

SPIRIT

RELATIONSHIP

BIND UP BROKEN HEARTED

BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS

TRUST

LIVES

GODS HEART BREAKS FOR THE SAME REASON YOURS DOES.

PROCLAIM LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVES

MANY THINGS TAKE US CAPTIVE IN TODAY SOCIETY OF MUST HAVE’S

CAPTIVE TO MONEY

SEX/PORN

DRUGS OR SUBSTANCES

APPROVAL

FOOD

OPEN PRISON TO THOSE WHO ARE BOUND

BOUND BY MAN MADE LAWS AND TRADITIONS

PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF THE LORDS FAVOUR

JUBILEE - YOUR FREE ALL YOUR DEBTS HAVE BEEN CANCELLLED

COMFORT THOSE WHO MOURN

GIVE A BEUSTIFUL HEADRESS INSTEAD OF ASHES

WALK TALL

OIL OF GLADNESS

JOY WILL COME AGAIN

A GARMENT OF PRAISE INSTEAD OF A FAINT SPIRIT

FEAR

ANXIETY

DREAD

DEPRESSION

MENTAL HEALTH

THIS MY FRIENDS IS THE GOOD NEWS - JESUS CAME TO SET US FREE.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS?

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU WERE INSPIRED, INSPIRED IN A WAY THAT IT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU CAN’T SIT STILL. YOU MUST RESPOND YOU MUST ACT ON IT. YOU MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE YOU WERE SPIRITUALLY MOVED.?

GOD IS CALLING PEOPLE RIGHT NOW TO SPECIAL TASKS AND SPECIAL COMMITMENTS.

SOME WILL RESPOND BUT SADLY MANY WILL NOT.

SO MANY OF US HAVE GROWN SO ACCUSTOMED TO OUR ROUTINE THAT IT WILL NOT PERMIT THE KAIROS MOMENT OF INSPIRATION TO PENETRATE OUR LIVES.

THERE IS THE LEGEND OF THE TOUCHSTONE THAT SAYS IF YOU COULD FIND THE STONE ON THE COAST OF THE BLACK SEA AND HOLD IT IN YOUR HAND EVERYTHING YOU TOUCH WILL TURN TO GOLD.

YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THE TOUCHSTONE BY ITS WARMTH

THE LEGEND TELLS OF A MAN WHO SOLD EVERYTHING HE HAD AND WENT TO THE BLACK SEA IN SEARCH OF THIS STONE. HE KEPT PICKING UP STONES AND AFTER SOME DAYS REALISED THAT HE WAS PICKING UP THE SAME STONES ALL THE TIME.

HE THEN DECIDED TO THROW EACH STONE IN THE SEA IF IT WAS NOT WARM.

SO THERE HE WAS PICKING UP STONES AND TOSSING THEM ONE BY ONE INTO THE SEA . ONE MORNING HE PICKED UP A STONE AND IT TURNED WARM IN HIS HAND AND BEFORE HE REALISED IT HE HAD TOSSED IT INTO THE SEA.

THIS CAN HAPPEN TO US, WE CAN COME UPON A KAIROS MOMENT AND BE SO DULLED BY ROUTINE THAT BEFORE WE REALISE IT WE THROW IT AWAY.

LIFE IS PACKED WITH KAIROS MOMENTS. I PRAY THAT WE WILL NOT MISS THEM WE WILL BE WARMED BY THEM AND KEEP HOLDING THEM AND CELEBRATE THEM NOT TOSS THEM INTO THE SEA.

MAYBE YOU CAN RELATE TODAY TO ONE OF THESE KAIROS MOMENTS. THE MOMENT OF INSIGHT OR OF TENDER LOVE OR EVEN INSPIRATION.

COMMITMENT IS WHAT SEPARATES A FAN FROM A FOLLOWER.

ARE YOU READY TO COMMIT TO LIVING A BETTER MORE MEANINGFUL LIFE ?

I HAVE HAD MANY KAIROS MOMENTS IN MY LIFE AND I PRAY THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO. BUT NO MOMENT HAS HAD MORE IMPACT IN MY LIFE THAN THE MOMENT THAT I REALISED THIS TRUTH.

TIME DOES NOT WAIT FOR YOU TO GRAB THE MOMENTS YOU WANT TO CHOOSE, GRAB THOSE MOMENTS WHILE YOU CAN BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE GUARANTEED TOMORROW.

THIS SCRIPTURE GIVES US AN INVITATION AND A CHALLENGE -

THE INVITATION

REALISE THAT THE TIME IS NOW -

REPENT - TURN AWAY FROM WHAT YOU WERE DOING

CHALLENGE:

ARE YOU READY TO COMMIT OR RE-COMMIT TO LIVING LIFE NOT FOR YOU BUT WHAT GOD WANTS FOR YOU.

Ephesians 5:15–16 NLT

So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.

THE CORONA VIRUS MESSED WITH OUR CHRONOS SCHEDULE AND GAVE US MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR KAIROS TIME - ARE YOU TAKING THEM?