Time's Up (3 of 15)
Series: ''The Good Life''
Keith Krell
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
''Timing is everything.'' You have probably heard this phrase many times, and there is a great deal of truth in it. The difference between a good joke and a bad one is a person's sense of timing. An appropriate pause makes a joke . . . an inappropriate pause can kill the same joke. Timing is essential when dealing with people. You don't ask for a raise when business is sour or tensions are high. You don't try to correct someone who feels threatened by you. You don't ask for a favor when someone is stressed or angry. Timing is important in cooking. The juicy hamburger on the grill is raw meat if cooked too little time and a clump of charcoal if cooked too long. Timing is important in medicine. If you catch a problem early, you will be able to treat it more effectively. Your timing is important in taking medication. If you take your medicine as directed it will be helpful. If you skip doses it loses its effectiveness. If you take extra doses it can be deadly. Timing is also critical in finances. When you sell a particular stock it can make the difference between making money and losing it.
Timing is important in every area of life. You and I probably have a dozen clocks and four or five calendars in our homes. We carry a timepiece on our wrists, or built into our cell phones, computer screens, and PDAs. We live as if timing is everything. If this is true, how should we live? Solomon will answer this question in Eccl 3:1-15-the best known and most frequently preached passage in Ecclesiastes. In the following fifteen verses, we will discover four concise exhortations on how to live if timing is everything.
1. Expect change (3:1-8). In this first section, Solomon makes a persuasive case for God's sovereignty over life. He begins this section by stating his thesis: ''There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven'' (3:1). The key word ...
Series: ''The Good Life''
Keith Krell
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
''Timing is everything.'' You have probably heard this phrase many times, and there is a great deal of truth in it. The difference between a good joke and a bad one is a person's sense of timing. An appropriate pause makes a joke . . . an inappropriate pause can kill the same joke. Timing is essential when dealing with people. You don't ask for a raise when business is sour or tensions are high. You don't try to correct someone who feels threatened by you. You don't ask for a favor when someone is stressed or angry. Timing is important in cooking. The juicy hamburger on the grill is raw meat if cooked too little time and a clump of charcoal if cooked too long. Timing is important in medicine. If you catch a problem early, you will be able to treat it more effectively. Your timing is important in taking medication. If you take your medicine as directed it will be helpful. If you skip doses it loses its effectiveness. If you take extra doses it can be deadly. Timing is also critical in finances. When you sell a particular stock it can make the difference between making money and losing it.
Timing is important in every area of life. You and I probably have a dozen clocks and four or five calendars in our homes. We carry a timepiece on our wrists, or built into our cell phones, computer screens, and PDAs. We live as if timing is everything. If this is true, how should we live? Solomon will answer this question in Eccl 3:1-15-the best known and most frequently preached passage in Ecclesiastes. In the following fifteen verses, we will discover four concise exhortations on how to live if timing is everything.
1. Expect change (3:1-8). In this first section, Solomon makes a persuasive case for God's sovereignty over life. He begins this section by stating his thesis: ''There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven'' (3:1). The key word ...
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