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"Carpe Diem ~ Seize The Day!"
by Kelly Purvis
"God made the world and all that is in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth... He has made from one blood every nation of men... and has determined their preappointed "kairos" times."
Acts 17:24-26
~ GOD IS LORD OF TIME AND SEASONS ~
He created chronos or chronological time... spans and quantities of time telling us what day it is. He likewise creates kairos times or seasons of special happenings occurring within chronological time.
Now Elizabeth's full chronos came"... and she delivered. Lu 1:57
"When the fullness of chronos came"... God sent His Son. Gal 4:4
"the mystery was kept secret since the chronos of the ages but NOW is made manifest" Ro 16:25
Jesus "whom heaven must receive until the chronos of restoration of all things" Acts 3
"... his purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before chronos began but NOW has been revealed" 2 Tim 1:9
Jesus said, "My kairos is at hand" Matt 26:18
Jesus said, "The kairos is fulfilled" Mark 1:15
"In the right kairos, Christ died for the ungodly" Ro 5:6
Paul understood God's kairos seasons... He admonishes us to be not complacent about our time... Ro 12:11 "Be not lagging... be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord (or literally be observant of the kairos!) And again 13:11 "And do this, knowing the kairos, that it is high time to awake out of sleep" And yet again... Ephe 5:14 "Arise, you sleeping one... walk circumspectfully... as wise, redeeming the kairos... understand what the will of the Lord is."
Let us not "sleep" ... let us be awake and alert to redeem this present kairos. Your life is not happenstance. You have been placed on this earth, in THIS chronological time... for a season such as NOW ! In THIS season, you have been brought near to "naga" ... to touch, to reach and lay a hand purposefully - forcefully upon the kingdom! Esther 4:14
CARPE DIEM ~ SEIZE THE DAY!
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