March 6, 2026
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There Is a “Right Time”
“There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven—
A time to be born and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.
A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.
A time to throw away stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away.
A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to keep silent and a time to speak.
A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace.
What profit is there for the worker from that in which he labors? I have seen the task which God has given to the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time. He has also planted eternity [a sense of divine purpose] in the human heart [a mysterious longing which nothing under the sun can satisfy, except God]—yet man cannot find out (comprehend, grasp) what God has done (His overall plan) from the beginning to the end. I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live; and also that every man should eat and drink and see and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 AMP)
The Lord uses two Hebrew words to describe times and seasons in verse 1 of Ecclesiastes 3: zeman(1) and eth.(2) They are similar in meaning. The Message Bible translates the verse: “There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth.” I believe Holy Spirit repeats Himself in order to emphasize the importance of what He is saying: “Don’t forget, there really is a right time for all these things!”
He compiles each occurrence in the list of “right times” with its opposite. By doing so, He is informing us that life must be understood based on a broad spectrum of seasons and occurrences. If we are to successfully navigate our time on earth, our responses must be dictated, in part, by discerning these times and seasons. The tribe of Issachar is an example of successfully doing so: “They had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do,” (1 Chronicles 12:32). Verse 11 above also affirms this, “He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in its time.”
Daniel 2:21 tells us: “And [God] changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding.” Again, successfully navigating life involves discerning the changing times and seasons as the Lord shifts them.
Daniel also gives us another factor in the equation, however: satan tries to alter these God-appointed times (Daniel 7:25), doing so by working against those the Lord uses, His “saints.” The verse further tells us he attempts to “wear them down.” The word used for this weariness(3) is only used in the Bible for mental or emotional weariness, not physical. This would be the mental strain that caused Israel to retreat from the giants in Canaan. It would be the emotional “weariness” Abraham and Sarah experienced when waiting for Isaac to be conceived. They yielded to the hope deferred and devised a different plan to give Abraham a son through Sarah’s maid, Hagar. All of us have experienced this type of mental and emotional fatigue. Daniel tells us satan uses it to move us out of God’s timing. Don’t grow weary and fall prey to this trap.
A Time for War
While many people don’t want to acknowledge it, this passage in Ecclesiastes tells us there is an appropriate time for war. It states that there is a right time to root up and tear down, just as God told Jeremiah to do in chapter 1, verse 10, and a time to tear apart. It even tells us there is a time to hate.
Psalm 97:10, Proverbs 8:13, and Romans 12:9 all instruct us to hate evil. God tolerates evil for a time, giving people the opportunity to repent and change. But there comes a time, if this doesn’t occur, when their cup of iniquity is full. In Genesis 15:16, God told Abraham that there would come a point when the “iniquity of the Amorites” would be “full” or complete, at which time he would give their land to Him. This occurred years later.
We should hate what the evil regime in Iran stands for, the oppression, suffering, and death they have caused. We also love and pray for the general population of Iran, while wanting to see their oppressors defeated. We should pray that God gives success to those overthrowing the murderous, oppressive regime in Iran, brings peace and stability to the region, and breathes on the people of the Middle East with Holy Spirit.
Pray with me:
Father, we align ourselves with Your heart, desires, and timing. As much as we deplore war, Your Word informed us that there would be times when it was appropriate. We believe this is one of those times. We ask You for success in destroying wicked leaders and systems in Iran. We pray that You would give ours and Israel’s forces a supernatural ability to avoid killing innocent people, and render unsuccessful the attempts of those in Iran who ARE trying to kill innocent people. End their evil efforts.
I sense that efforts to attack Americans here at home through terrorists who have entered our nation will now be implemented. We pray against this. Please give supernatural help to our government agencies responsible for finding and stopping them. And give the same to citizens - expose the evil before it can manifest. Protect our land. We ask the same for Israel. As You instructed us, we bind the strategies of demonic forces that bring death and destruction, in Jesus’ name.
Give our government/military leaders great wisdom, planning, and foresight. Defeat the voices opposing them and attempting to inappropriately influence the American people. Keep our soldiers and their resources safe.
Continue to turn our nation around. Increase Holy Spirit’s outpouring here and abroad. All of this we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Our decree:
We decree that we will discern the times and seasons which the Lord establishes, and we will act accordingly.
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James Strong, The New Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1990), ref. no. 2165.
Ibid., ref. no. 6256.
Ibid., ref. no. 1080.