Sepia Prime Woman Digital Magazine December 2013 | Page 15

Expiration Dates
By: Pastor George Robinson
You may have heard the saying “Nothing is certain but death
and taxes.” May I suggest a third certainty? There isn’t a
single person on the earth that can escape something called
time. The moment we are born, the clock of our lives begins
ticking. This is why it is absolutely imperative that everyone
makes good use of the time they’ve been given no matter
what they are involved in.
The bible tells us “To everything there is a season, a time
for every purpose under the sun.” One thing is for sure
about every season and that is that they all have expiration
dates. Winter will expire on March 19th. Spring expired on
June 20th. Summer expired on September 21st. Fall will
expire on December 20th. Why is it important to know the
expiration dates of the seasons? If you live in Chicago and
want to go to the beach you better know the expiration date
of summer or you’ll miss it. If you want to go skiing, you
better know the expiration date of winter or you’ll miss it.
You can’t get what you want out of the beach in December,
what you would otherwise get in July. You would know that
something isn’t right.
You might be reading this article and at this moment feel
that something isn’t right. May I suggest your season has
expired? Many times we know a season has expired and yet
we’ll stay in a place longer than we are supposed to. We may
have become complacent, comfortable, or lazy. We may be
victims of fear, lack of faith, or familiarity. Have you ever
smelled milk after it’s expired? A good indication that milk
has expired is not only by the expiration date on the carton,
but the milk itself also stinks. What stinks in your life right
now? Are you easily frustrated? Has your patience run thin?
These are good indicators that an expiration date has been
missed.
When a person is aware of their expiration date and moves
accordingly, it also provides opportunity for others to grow
and do things they might not otherwise be able to do. Jesus
not only knew His expiration date, but He ran to it. He
said to the disciples “……..it is to your advantage that I go

away….…” His awareness and obedience of His expiration
date made room for the disciples to turn the world upside
down. His departure pushed them further along towards
their destiny. Our expiration dates are not solely about us,
there are others who will blossom as result of us moving at
the appropriate time.
Has a relationship expired? Has your time in a particular
ministry expired? Has your time at a particular place of
employment expired? Dare I say, to see an expiration date
and ignore it would be selfish. It has the potential to not
only hurt us, but those who are around us. It’s not enough
just to know the times and seasons that we’re in, but to move
accordingly for the sake of our own lives and the lives of
others. No one deserves to encounter a person who’s “sour”
simply because they’ve stayed past their expiration date. If
you see an expiration date coming, make plans accordingly
so that you don’t miss that date. If you know you’ve missed
an expiration date, you can make plans now to get to your
rightful place. We do our best trying to keep up with birth
dates, anniversary dates, and holiday dates. But there is
another date on the calendar we can’t afford to miss, and
that is an expiration date.
Pastor George Robinson is a man who loves the Lord. He is
the Senior Pastor of Living Water Kingdom Ministries where
the mission and vision is
reconciling the world to
God through Jesus Christ
one soul at a time while
equipping and empowering
believers to walk in their
God given purpose. He
has a passion for teaching
and preaching God’s Word
and seeing every believer walk in the victory that’s available
to them through Jesus Christ our Lord. His desire is to serve
Christ while serving the community while quench ing your
thirst with the Word of God.

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