By Chad Taylor

What Is a Kairos Moment?

Kairos is an ancient Greek word meaning the “right or opportune moment” or “God’s time.” The ancient Greeks had two words for time–chronos and kairos. While chronos refers to chronological or sequential time, KAIROS signifies “a time in between” or a moment of undetermined period of time in which something significant or special happens.

One definition explains, “A passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved.” A kairos moment is not just a sovereign moment outside of our control or achievement; on the contrary, it’s a moment in time and history that must be seized and taken advantage of and pressed through with immediate action.

In Old Testament times, there were descendants of Jacob that epitomized this:

“And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do…” 1 Chronicles 12:32

Jesus identified a Kairos moment when He wept over Jerusalem–for they had unfortunately failed to see or discern their time. “Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, saying, ‘If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes…because you did not know the time of your visitation’” (Luke 19:41-44).

They failed to see and seize their Kairos moment.

How Can We See and Seize Our Kairos Moment?

How many times has a Kairos moment been “hidden from your eyes?” The greater question would be what causes our Kairos moments to be hidden?

Paul experienced a Kairos moment, yet scales remained on his eyes until Ananias prayed for him. This could be seen as a Kairos moment for the entire Church, as the Lord suddenly converted its greatest opponent and made him their greatest proponent. Ananias knew this and went after it in prayer and obedience.

Kairos moments are revealed through prayer and then completed in obedience. One cannot fulfill the Kairos moment absent of the other.

Often we can get ensnared in the thinking that prayer alone can steer a Kairos moment into fulfillment, or that action and activity can do the same. We see both of these dynamics in action in another Kairos moment:

“‘But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins’–then He said to the paralytic, ‘Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.’ And he arose and departed to his house. Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such power to men.” Matthew 9:6-8

Prayer and the declaration of faith put that paralytic man’s Kairos moment into action, but it was not completed until “he arose and departed to his house.” You see, Kairos moments need prayer infused with action. In Acts 1 & 2 they were all “in one accord and in prayer,” but they also “went everywhere preaching the word” (Acts 8:4).

This present Kairos moment that hangs in the balance for the entire world–hinges on prayer and your own personal action. You must move forward and put visible, viable action to your inspiration–and the result will be no less than those in Biblical times.

Kairos also means, according to Strong’s Concordance, “a set or proper time: a fixed or special occasion, opportunity or due season. An individual opportunity season or space…”

“On the day the LORD gave the Israelites victory over the Amorites, Joshua prayed to the LORD in front of all the people of Israel. He said, ‘Let the sun stand still over Gibeon, and the moon over the valley of Aijalon.’ So the sun stood still and the moon stayed in place until the nation of Israel had defeated its enemies…” Joshua 10:12-13

In a Kairos moment, time has no factor on the divine results. In this “individual opportunity season or space” for Joshua, the entire universe stood with bated breath as the battle was won.

When you step into a Kairos moment, everything works in your favor, clearing the road before you. The problem is that most do not discern their season or opportunity and, like Jerusalem, miss their own day of visitation.

Entire cities and regions sit in spiritual decay, never realizing that the day of their visitation and Kairos moment is right now. We must make a quantum leap with prayer and personal action until the will of God is fulfilled.

Seize the Moment and Move Forward!

Look at another Kairos moment in Matthew, Chapter 27. In a Kairos moment, Heaven and earth can collide at a crossroads where the two worlds converge. The lines that divide the temporal and the invisible blur, and to differentiate between the two can be impossible.

Look at Matthew 27, verses 50-53, for a moment to see a panoramic Kairos moment:

“Then Jesus shouted out again, and He gave up His spirit. At that moment the curtain in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead after Jesus’ resurrection. They left the cemetery, went into the holy city of Jerusalem and appeared too many people...”

Remember, it is a moment or “a passing instant when an opening appears which must be driven through with force if success is to be achieved.” When the most climactic Kairos moment in history hit the world like a runaway train, the veil was torn in two, the earth quaked, and graves were literally opened and the dead rose to life again.

As we approach many more Kairos moments in our own personal lives and as a corporate Church, we too must “drive through with force,” or rather, seize the moment and move forward. When Jesus stated to His disciples, “The harvest IS great” He was revealing a Kairos moment from then until now. It is a harvest produced by prophecy that we are to fulfill. This prophetic harvest that Jesus declared in John 4 is profound:

“Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest’? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look at the fields; for they are already white for harvest. And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for life eternal, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.” John 4:35-36

The Kairos moment for the harvest that Jesus declared is NOW. It’s not later, it’s right now. That Kairos moment is still waiting for a generation of present-day Christians to fully seize its potential and realize we are a “time in between” from His departure and return, and ultimately, the reaping of this prophetic harvest will determine its completion.

“And this Gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come...” (Matthew 24:14).

Can you imagine an entire Church generation coming into one accord in a Kairos moment, leaping the walls of predetermined doctrine, and preaching this Gospel to all nations? We would undoubtedly be, “Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God…” (2 Peter 3:12).

Lord, Make Me Your Harvester!

Can you come to the awesome conclusion right now that you are a harvester and harbinger of His harvest of souls upon the earth? Will you relinquish your rights and ambitions and say with Isaiah, “Here I am, send me”?

Right now, you can qualify as one of those “laborers” that Jesus stated were fewer compared to the harvest that faced them. You can expedite the coming of Jesus Christ to this present earth by simply praying right now, “Lord, make me Your harvester. Make me Your servant. Make me Your living sacrifice…”

Harvest is waiting for you right outside your door–your only limitation is the amount you desire to reap. As those great missionaries before you, give vivaciously, give completely, and the eternal rewards will far outweigh the menial forfeitures we make right now. GO! What do you have to lose? Now, look what you have to gain!

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Chad Taylor: Consuming Fire Revival Network, www.consumingfire.com Used by Permission www.elijahlist.com