The One Moment That Can Change Your Life Forever

Do you understand the power of a transformational moment? Have you ever wished there was a reset button for life? You know, like when your computer gets stuck, or it’s running slow, and all you want to do is hit “reboot”? Sometimes, our spirits need that kind of reset. We need a spiritual reset—a time to be replanted, refilled, and realigned with God’s purpose.

To reset means to set again, to adjust, or even to fix in a new or different way.

Think about a plant. When it outgrows its environment or starts to look droopy, fatigued, or weak, the best thing we can do is move it into new soil with fresh nutrients. That’s what we need sometimes—to be replanted by the Spirit of God. And other times, it’s not just our environment—it’s our vision. We need a vision reset for our lives.

God often presents us with divine moments of opportunity. And the real question is: will we seize them, or will we let them pass by?

Let’s look at Luke chapter 15, where Jesus gave three parables—the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the lost son. Today, we are going to focus on the Parable of the Lost Coin.

Luke 15:8-10 (New International Version)

“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Let’s break this down together:

• Ten silver coins. The number ten carries a lot of meaning in the Bible. It can represent completeness, order, and divine authority. In creation, in Genesis chapter 1, the phrase “God said” appears ten times. The Ten Commandments are a cornerstone of moral law and divine order. The tithe, ten percent, was an acknowledgment of God’s gifts and His abundance. And we can’t forget the ten plagues of Egypt. Ten signifies completeness and divine design.

• She lights a lamp. The word of God is light, and when we seek something lost or something important, we need light to see clearly.

• She sweeps the house. If you want to find something, you start by cleaning. In spiritual terms, that means cleaning your heart, clearing away the clutter, letting go of things that block you from seeing clearly.

• She searches carefully. And that’s the key—diligence. Intentionality.

Ephesians 5:15-16 says: “Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.”

Can I get an amen? Because the days are evil. And we are living in those days. We cannot afford to be unwise, to ignore what God is doing, to not see, to not be prepared. We must be wise. The wise recognize and seize what God is doing. God is intricately involved in our lives. He is working all around us, even when we don’t notice. Our purpose is to be led by Him. And here is the truth: God is constantly orchestrating opportunities in our lives, moments we must learn to recognize and act upon.

We do not control time. But we can respond to God’s timing. When He reveals something to us, that moment has a shelf life. It can pass. We’ve all been there—moments of opportunity where God placed something in front of us, and we didn’t seize it. And just like that, it’s gone.

We cannot live our lives haphazardly. We cannot live according to our own plans alone. We are called to live with purpose. And that purpose will be revealed in Kairos moments.

Understanding Time: Two Biblical Aspects

When we talk about seizing divine opportunities, we have to understand how time works in the Bible. There are two aspects of time: Chronos and Kairos.

1. Chronos – This is the ordinary measurement of time: hours, days, years, seasons. It is quantitative, it is sequential.

2. Kairos – This is God’s appointed, divine time. It is a season, a favorable time, a right moment for something to happen. Kairos is about God’s perfect timing—the significant moments when God acts, or when He calls us to act.

God created time and seasons, as we see in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. But God doesn’t live in time. He is always on time. He steps into time, acts, and steps back into eternity. When we lock ourselves into Chronos time, we miss Kairos time. God’s timing is perfect.

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says: “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”

Every part of your life—every opportunity, every calling—comes in a season. Not only must we know the times, but we must recognize when the time is favorable.