The Time of Visitation

The Time of Visitation Is Revealed

Awakening to the invisible

Awake, you who sleep…
Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
(Ephesians 5.14)

We live in a world where time is measured by clocks and calendars.
But there is another time, one that is not marked by clock hands:
it is spiritual time, the kairos.
The right moment. The chance hidden in the ordinary.
Eternity touching the instant.

It is this time that the Spirit invites us to perceive.
But only the awake recognize it.
Only the simple receive it.

Making the most of opportunities

Ephesians 5.16 (NVI) says: “making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”

The original Greek text carries a richness of meanings:

• “making the most” meaning to redeem, not to waste the value of the present moment.

• “every opportunity” is a translation of kairos, different from chronos (chronological time). Kairos indicates the opportune time. It is not “time” in the sense of the clock, but rather the spiritual moment.

• “because the days are evil” every kind of wickedness, suffering or spiritual opposition that we encounter.

In short:

Paul is saying: in the day-to-day, where evil prevails, be attentive and make the most of the opportune moments  that the Spirit presents, recognizing God's kairos in the midst of the chronos of life.

Kairos: the time that cannot be measured

I remember a professor who used to say:
“Didactics teaches nothing.”

Today I understand what he meant.
You can explain, repeat, draw…
But only the power of God opens spiritual eyes.

As Jesus said:
“You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of God.”

Human wisdom complicates us.
It fills us with concepts, certainties and answers.
But it is the Spirit who reveals what is hidden,
not in the content, but in the moment.

When we forget the moment: the fall into temptation

The devil also knows this time.
When he left Jesus in the desert, it was “until an opportune time” (kairos).
In other words: he also waits for the right moment, not to bless, but to corrupt.

And when we fall into temptation, it is because we forgot that we were living a kairos.
We slept right at the hour when heaven was waiting for a yes.
That is why Jesus said:
“Watch and pray, so that you will not fall into temptation.”

Eternal gates: we are the place of the visitation

“Lift up your heads, O eternal gates, that the King of Glory may come in.”
(Psalm 24)

The Spirit does not force His way in.
He knocks.
And waits for the gate to rise.

We are that gate.
Created to open a passage between the invisible and the visible.
To let heaven touch the Earth, through us.

The simplicity that opens doors

Today I understand with more clarity:
The Lord reveals Himself only to human beings.

Human in the purest sense:
simple, humble, uncomplicated.

I myself lived complicated for a long time.
Full of wisdom, ideas, theories.
But I did not see.
I did not perceive the kairos, even though it was right in front of me.

Now, with cleaner eyes and a lighter heart, I see the kairos repeat itself.
Frequently.
Insistently.
As if the Spirit were saying:
“I am here again. Do you see now?”

The kairos repeats. Do you see it now?

Because the kairos is not taught. It is revealed.

And it is not revealed to those who seek to dominate, but to those who accept being dominated.
To those who no longer want to be right, but desire to see.
To those who open the gate, even trembling.

How to live awake to the kairos

Paul shows us the way:

“Rejoice always.
Pray continually.
Give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not hinder the action of the Holy Spirit.
Do not treat prophecies with contempt,
but test everything and hold on to what is good.”
(1 Thessalonians 5.16–21, NTLH)

This is an example of the kairos:
Constant joy, on every day.
Continual prayer, in permanent connection with above.
Gratitude in everything, even when the moment seems bad.
Attention to the Spirit, so as not to hinder His action.
Discernment, to recognize the voice of God among the voices.

Because living in the kairos is not living in a rush.
It is living awake.

It is not doing much.
It is perceiving when God wants to act, and making room.

Christ is before us.
The moment is now.
Heaven is knocking at the door.

Awake, you who sleep.
Rise.
Let the King of Glory come in.

Epilogue: I too missed many moments

Jerusalem did not recognize the time of its visitation.
And I… I too often did not recognize it.
The Lord knocked, and I was busy.
He whispered, and I was explaining.
He drew near, and I was distant, even while speaking of Him.

I too killed prophets
when I rejected voices that brought light.
When I defended structures that kept me blind.
When I chose control, certainty, knowledge… instead of presence.

Today, as I write, I am not teaching.
I am being taught.
These texts are records of my own visitation.
Of the Spirit waking me, cleansing me, deconstructing me.

I do not preach anything that is not happening first in me.
And the truth is that I deeply long for the manifestation of God's power
not to show off anything,
not to prove anything,
but to touch human hearts as mine was touched.

If, through this blog, a single soul perceives the kairos of the Spirit,
then every tear, every loss, every line written in pain and hope will have been worth it.