TWO BEAMS of TIME

It took years for this tree to grow into a cross.

The times of many seasons came together in the timing of growth for a cross-tree.

Time and timing are like two beams on a cross.
They are separate until they are brought together.
Take the time to connect the beams of your cross.
Your actions will create the timing of death for an old way of life.
Timing is the accumulation of times.
Timing is the completeness of times.
Timing is the result of actions.
Timing is the crossing of times.
Time is not for keeping, time is for making and giving.
Let God hold your stopwatch, He alone holds the hands of timing.
"Don't stop until the Holy Spirit stops you!"*

*This last sentence is a quote I heard from Pastor Craig McLeod at Life Church Buffalo and I have adopted that line as a personal life mission statement.
Thanks Pastor Craig!

Acts 1:7-8 Amplified Bible
7 He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know [a]what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed [b]years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power.
8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.

Acts 1:7-8 The Message
7-8 He told them, “You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Father’s business. What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.”

Mark 1:15 Amplified Bible
15 And saying, The [appointed period of] time is fulfilled (completed), and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ([a]have a change of mind which issues in regret for past sins and in change of conduct for the better) and believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to) the good news (the Gospel).

Mark 1:15 New King James Version
15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”