Unforeseen opportunities can change your future. Just when you think you have your future perfectly mapped out, God interrupts your life with a kairos moment. A kairos time could be defined as a special moment of grace which changes the trajectory of your life.
          
A timely e-mail, a renewed relationship with an old friend, an inspiring idea in the middle of the night, or reading a motivating book all could be the Lord giving you a kairos moment. When I met Pastor Bobby Hill in a seminary class sixteen years ago, it was a kairos event. I had no idea that our relationship would lead me one day to New Life and ultimately to New Life Providence Church.

A kairos moment has five qualities.

1. Kairos moments do not happen at your choosing. God, in His great wisdom and sovereignty, often acts for reasons only He knows. His timing is always perfect and His intentions are always good.

2. Kairos moments release something supernatural. When we experience a God-moment, the Holy Spirit is doing something very strategic—either by revelation or intervention.

3. Kairos moments punctuate faithful living. No one should sit at home and wait for a kairos moment from God. The Lord expects us to live hard-working, honest lives where we fulfill our daily responsibilities with gratitude. It is because we are faithful in the small things that He breaks in with something supernatural.

4. Kairos moments need great discernment. Not every coincidence or opportunity is from God. Discernment demands that we test all things, remain Scripturally centered, and live humbly before the Lord.

5. Kairos moments are seized by responding in faith. Everything God initiates by grace must have a response. If the response is one of faith and action, then a door of opportunity will swing wide open… and on the other side is always something wonderful.

Our church had a kairos moment with the purchase of additional facilities in Deep Creek last week. I have heard testimonies of healings, jobs, and new relationships—all by the initiative of God. Keep your eyes open… is there a special moment happening right now for you?