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Elusive or Opportune? · The Call to Women in Faith Podcast

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  Hello there. Ever notice how time does not overpower you when you're getting stuff done?
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  You have a task list, you're checking it off, you're on top of your accomplishment game?
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  Time is your friend.
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  At other times it feels like you're being overtaken by time,
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  running helter-skelter to catch up, but it eludes you and defeats you and becomes your enemy.
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  Time management has been an area of improvement for me, and I imagine that I
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  will someday grapple it into control by the grace of God.
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  You may be wondering where Jesus is in all this. That is easy.
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  If the task list is blessed by God, it is going to be a slam dunk.
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  Align your will, surrender, and execute. Point and shoot, friends. It is that easy.
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  However, the time I am going to talk about today is opportunity.
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  I was stumped by verse 6 in John chapter 7 and thought it worthwhile to look it up.
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  Then Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
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  John chapter 7 verse 6 This time is not what I assumed it was.
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  William Barclay explains it in his Commentary of John's Gospel.
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  The root word is kairos, and according to Google, it literally means opportunity.
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  In my simple mind, I read this as, The moment is always right for a follower of Jesus.
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  Pray and seize the moment, Christian. If your actions are in alignment with
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  His will and His commandments, jump in with both feet. Do not hesitate.
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  God is always with you and for you. Quote, The Lord is on my side,
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  I will not fear. End quote.
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  Psalm 118, verse 6, quote, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage.
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  Do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go, end quote.
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  Joshua, chapter 1, verse 9, quote, What then shall we say of these things?
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  If God is for us, who can be against us? End quote.
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  Romans chapter 8 verse 31.
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  God bless you. May you accomplish with great success whatever God has laid on your heart.
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  Remember, your time is always ready.
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  Dear God, thank you for being the way and guiding us to be of good courage.
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  Please guide me and lead me to wherever you need me to be.
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  May my journey bring you glory. Amen.