Opportunities are not eternal. They are fragile, fleeting, and divinely timed. Every moment God gives is a seed, and what you do with it determines your harvest. History is littered with men who could have been giants but became dwarfs in destiny, not because heaven denied them greatness, but because they mishandled time and squandered divine openings. As Dr. Daniel Olukoya once thundered, “Destiny does not wait for the careless; if you miss your timing, your throne is given to another.”
Destinies have been delayed, dreams aborted, and greatness suffocated on the altar of procrastination and wasted chances. A missed opportunity is not just an error—it is a coffin where potential is buried. Too many men die ordinary because they treated extraordinary moments casually. The tragedy of life is not death itself, but dying with unused gifts and unfulfilled purposes.
Ecclesiastes warns us that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” Seasons are not permanent; they come and they go. Once missed, they rarely return in the same form. Dr. Olukoya drives it home: “When you waste divine time, you invite satanic takeover. The devil is a master at hijacking delayed destinies.” This is why opportunities must be seized violently, with prayer, courage, and action.
Procrastination is a silent assassin. It whispers, “tomorrow,” while stealing today. Fear is its accomplice, chaining men to the ordinary while their crowns rust in the distance. Yet courage is the bridge between prophecy and fulfillment. Those who dare to move when God speaks inherit greatness, while those who hesitate are swept away by irrelevance.
The examples are many. Joseph seized his chance to interpret Pharaoh’s dream and ascended from prison to palace. David ran towards Goliath when others retreated and wrote his name into eternity. Conversely, King Saul missed his moment of obedience and forfeited a dynasty. History is ruthless: it does not remember excuses, only results.
For today’s generation, the warning bell is loud. Opportunities for leadership, invention, revival, and transformation are passing daily before our eyes. But fear, laziness, and spiritual blindness are aborting them. As the Igala proverb says, “The hunter who waits for the grass to clear will return home empty.” The time to act is now; destiny does not bow to delay.
Dr. Olukoya captures it with prophetic fire: “Heaven’s clock is not your clock. When heaven says move, delay is rebellion. And rebellion is costly.” That is why men of discernment pray for divine sensitivity, because one wrong hesitation can cost a lifetime.
The truth is stark: opportunities are fragile, destinies are time-bound, and life does not wait for the undecided. To miss a divine season is to bury greatness. But to seize it is to enter into harvests that generations will remember.
When destiny waits no longer, only those who planted their seeds at the appointed season will rejoice in their harvest.
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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