You’re Not Unlucky — You’re Out of God’s Timing
The Problem of Timing
This message teaches that timing is one of the greatest problem-solving issues in the Christian life. Timing is defined as choosing the right time and right pace to act in order to achieve God’s intended results—not merely human success.
The central principle is this:
👉 Right results require God’s timing, not human urgency.
God’s Timing vs. Human Timing
God has a pre-designed plan for every believer.
Proper timing means synchronizing your life with God’s plan, not asking God to bless your schedule.
When believers operate outside God’s timing—through wrong priorities, wrong decisions, or being out of fellowship—effort does not produce blessing.
Hard work outside God’s timing leads to frustration, loss of opportunity, and divine discipline, not fulfillment.
Bad Timing Defined
Bad timing shows up as:
Being out of fellowship
Falling apart under pressure
Wrong priorities
Self-directed decisions
Ignoring or rejecting doctrine you already know
Bad timing always results in lost opportunity, even if outward success appears to exist.
Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 – A Framework for Life
The message walks through Ecclesiastes 3, emphasizing that:
Everything has an appointed time
God designed life with balance—work, rest, joy, grief, action, restraint
There is a right time for birth, death, work, rest, investing, relationships, conflict, peace, silence, and speech
Believers who understand timing develop capacity—the ability to enjoy both prosperity and adversity.
Birth, Parents, and Environment
You were born at the perfect time, in the perfect place, to the perfect parents, according to God’s wisdom.
Complaining about your birth, parents, or background means you are out of sync with God.
God never makes mistakes in placement; He uses environment to shape destiny.
Decision-Making Between Birth and Death
God determines when you are born and when you die.
What you do in between is your responsibility, and timing determines whether those decisions bless or destroy.
Even legitimate pursuits (career, home, business, relationships) become destructive if they override doctrine.
Temporal vs. Eternal Priorities
God placed a desire for eternal things in every human heart.
When believers chase temporal things at the expense of eternal priorities, their timing collapses.
Doctrine provides clarity, balance, and alignment with God’s timing.
Key Conclusion
Man is imperfect → human timing is imperfect
God is perfect → God’s timing is perfect
Therefore, believers must depend on God for timing
One doctrinal insight, received at the right time, can redirect an entire life.
MC42 614 Doc: Problems & problem solving, part 10. "There is an appointed time for everything." Ecc 3:1-8.
Date: 02 10 1993 You’re Not Unlucky — You’re Out of God’s Timing
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