Solomon knew a thing or two about the Law of Timing. Here he says that there is a right time for everything. Then he lists some examples of it. Birth. Death. Planting. Harvesting. Killing. Healing. Building. Tearing down. Weeping. Laughing. Mourning. Dancing, and so on.
The truth is that most things lie outside a leader's control over timing. The only thing they can do is pay attention to the right moment. The following thoughts from Ecclesiastes 3 help in reflecting on this principle.
- It is the leader's responsibility to recognize God's timing, not to change it.
- It is the leader's job to accept this timing and to cooperate with God within it.
- Syncing up with God's timing can make an incredible difference.
- God created everything according to his own timing.
- God has placed a sense of eternity in people, which is why they must rely on God and on the revealing of his timing.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To Everything There Is a Season
1 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
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