PREVAILING VOICE DAILY
2nd August, 2024.
Topic: THE BEST OF TIME
Text: Ecclesiastes 9:11
11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Seconds run to minute, minutes run to hour, hours run to day, days run to week, weeks run to month, and months to year. All the cells in human body are completely renewed at the completion of 12 calendar months.
Our lives are timed, and achievement is the combination of God’s grace upon our labour/effort in connection to time.
The new living translation of our passage gives us clearer understanding of what the preacher is talking about;
… It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.
The point is how can a man be at the right place at the right time? Can the human sense discern right timing? The answer is simply no. King Solomon prayer to God gives a clear picture of what I mean here, look at it; 1 Kings 3:7 “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. NLT. This prayer point was the beginning of King Solomon’s successes.
It was a prayer of humility, a prayer of total reliance on God, absolute surrender to God. Solomon was not claiming cleverness before God. He relied on God’s guidance, let’s analyse his prayer points; ..but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. I don’t know how to be at the right place at the right time.
You see the problem with us most times is that we follow the way we consider right, we feel that human sense has capacity to discern right choices, right businesses, right steps, we forget most times that not all that glitters is gold.
King Solomon continued his prayer in 2 Kings 3:9 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours? Do you notice this ‘ know the difference between right and wrong. ‘ That’s what brings success in all endeavors.
Many time we made plans for the money we are expecting not asking God for guidance about investment or spending. Many businesses and ventures have collapsed because we judge with human sense. If you must be successful in life you must learn to be at the right place at the right time, doing the right thing at the right time. We need God’s direction if we must be at the right place at the right time. God bless you.
PRAYER.
* Lord guide me in all my ways in Jesus name
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE (RTB)
Psalm 24, 1 Corinthians 14.
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