TIME AND CHANCE

 

TIME AND CHANCE

And it was morning and it was evening on day one, day two up to the sixth and God rested after completing the creation work, so goes the Bible. How fast mornings turn into evenings these days....and weeks roll onto weeks. And that day you walked into your new school smelling of newness. Every piece of clothing was new from top to bottom. And more in the tin box as you joined form one. Much water has gone under the bridge since then but the events of that day remain as good memories. But a statement has a tendency to come to your mind many times.....'if I was to go back there, I would use my time in school differently'. And how different we are because, some would study harder but still some would think that they studied too hard unnecessarily, meaning that given another chance, they would not work as hard. What about that day you got your first job in that company? If you were to go back there? That opportunity cost? You still count today and think that it may have prevented you from further studies or maybe it made you not pursue business that may have put you in a better place today. There is still a percentage of people who feel like they wouldn't change a thing but would still do things the same way, were the years to be rolled back. But what if we think on the lines of God placing you where you are at a time like this so He can use you to fulfil His purposes? Would we be wrong? Am not sure it fits very well but someone used the analogy of beard in men to explain achievements in life and his most important explanation was timing. Men dont grow beards at the same time. Some at 14, some 18, some 24 or even 30, meaning we don't achieve our goals the same time as others. Some dont grow beards at all meaning that it may be true for some never to achieve goals. So? Set and stay put on the grind working to achieve your goals. Naturally, some will achieve in good time but some will take years to come by but important is to stay on to it. And God has His final way as He says in Ecclesiastes 9:11, 'I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.' And so will everyone have their time and chance. So, be attentive to see chances.

@Stephen Mungai