- Ephesians 5:16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
This year is ‘the year in which you really have to take action.’ When you think about the 365 days in a year, it feels like there is a lot of time. However, in the course of spending time doing this and that, the last week of February has already come. You really have to spend ‘time’ well. ‘Time’ is something that you will find you are short of when you actually use it, even though [at first,] it may seem like there is a lot of time.
First, I will tell you about this: Even though you have a lot of time, when you actually take action, this is short. When you look at the time you have in the future, looking at the dates or the amount of time makes you think that you have a lot of time left. It is just like the way you think about ‘the time you have in the day’ when you get up in the morning.
A day is 24 hours. But when you subtract ‘6 hours, which is the average time for sleeping,’ you are left with 18 hours. You would think that 18 hours is still a lot of time left. But when you actually spend time working all day long, contrary to what you thought, you are always short of time Why are you short of time even though there is a lot of time? You are short of time because you are doing a variety of things. It also takes time to move here and there to achieve your goals and there is a lot of time spent on various miscellaneous activities.
Now I am going to carefully explain ‘the things that use up time.’ If you calculate one month as 30 days, there would be ‘720 hours.’ Even if you calculate ‘the average amount of sleep’ as ‘four hours per day,’ that would take away ‘120 hours’ per month. So you are left with ‘600 hours’ when you subtract time for sleeping. You may think that is a lot of time. However, there are many things that need to be done [in a month]. If you assume that you eat three meals a day on average, it comes to 90 ‘meals’ in a month. When you add ‘the times you eat snacks,’ it is about 200 times. Additionally, if you travel by car 2~3 times a day on average in order to go to church, school, work, or other meetings, that is about 60~90 trips per month. In addition to that, the number of times you wash morning and night, brush your teeth, and use the toilet comes to about 300 times. Then the number of times you do basic things in a month is 600 times. If you add ‘grocery shopping, shopping for personal things, and other personal tasks,’ they come to about 300 times. When you add up ‘cooking, washing dishes, and cleaning,’ they come to about 180 times. When you add to that – ‘studying, watching the news, singing praises,’ and other tasks – those things come to about 200 times. When you add up all of these things together, they come to about ‘1300 times. ’If you categorize each as ‘the number of tasks to do,’ you are doing ‘1300 different tasks’ with 600 hours each month. That would mean that you have to finish ‘each task’ in ‘30~40 minutes.’ That is why you are short on time even if you have a lot of time and that is why you are busy. Even if I sleep an average of four hours each day, in one year, it is ‘about 1500 hours.’
Then I only have ‘about 7200 hours’ left even if I have one year left. People who sleep six to seven hours a day will spend ‘2100 ~ 2500 hours’ per year on sleeping. Then they only have ‘about 6200~6600 hours’ left even if there is a year left. And they have to do ‘hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of things’ with that time. Even though you have a lot of time, you are always short on time because there are many things you need to do. I bless you to realize about ‘time that is numerous but short’ after listening to this message and run with your eyes on the clock like you are running a race and run like you would catch light!
This is the second message: God takes action according to ‘time.’ [God’s timing] is not selective such that some timing is right and some timing is wrong. God’s timing is always 100% correct and never uncertain. There are times when God’s timing is not right, that happens ‘when people calculate incorrectly.’ ‘God’s timing’ is always correct. ‘God’s timing’ is not selectively correct, where a portion fits and other portions don’t fit. Therefore, anyone who claims to be ‘the Messiah or God’ even though they don’t know ‘the time’ and ‘the timing’ doesn’t fit is ‘a heretic.’
The Bible says: “No one knows that day or the hour, not the angels in Heaven, nor the Son. Only God knows.” Only the Trinity know ‘the time’ and take action [appropriately]. ‘The timing’ of the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Complete Testament has to be absolutely correct. If the timing isn’t correct, they would have to make things fit against reason and by force, using all kinds of methods. The Bible says that you will come to ruin if you interpret the Bible by force. Interpreting the Bible correctly is ‘the truth.’ People who interpret the Bible by force, believe it, and follow that path are ‘people who are traveling the path of destruction.’ If people interpret the Bible by force, claim ‘the Lord will come riding on the clouds of the sky,’ and go on believing that even though the Lord does not come riding on ‘the clouds floating in the sky,’ they will fail and come to ruin. Why? Because ‘the Lord’ does not come that way and cannot fulfill ‘God’s Will’ that way. Whatever does not fulfill God’s Will for the time period is ‘the path of failure and the path of destruction.’
You have to know just how great, precious, and important it is to listen to God’s absolute Word of this time period and the Word of truth and live by it – is! Every day, you should earnestly ask God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son to let you realize. And every day, you should confess that you are thankful. And you should realize ‘the things God did in appropriate and amazing ways,’ acknowledge that they are truly appropriate and amazing, and give thanksgiving and glory to Him. God is extremely delighted and happy ‘when you recognize what He has done.’ Even besides that, when you realize and recognize ‘God’s history,’ it will confirm that all the timing was correct and the Bible was fulfilled.
Today’s message is: -‘God’s timing’ is not right only sometimes and wrong at other times; it is always right. -Even if you have a lot of time, since you have to do many things with it, you will find that the time is short and there is not enough of it in the course of using time and taking action. Realize this and take action without being distracted as if you are running a race and take action toward the will swiftly like catching light! *I bless all of you to take action and thus, become the people who fulfill this message!