Such a time?

1Kings 20:35  "And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of Jehovah, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.  36)  Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him."

There is a story here about a king by the name of Ahab.  He lives in the city of Samaria, and is besieged by another king, Ben-hadad of Syria.  Ben-hadad has sent a message to King Ahab and says I want everything -good- that you have; your wives, your children, gold, silver...all of the goodliest of your possesions.

You might think Ahab would take exception to this, but no, he accepts the terms, and is willing to comply...but the story continues.
  "And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, I sent indeed unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;
  but I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thy house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away." 1Kings 20:5-6
Ahab, the King of Israel finally decides, I think this fellow is pulling my chain.  (That's my phraseology there.) But he goes to the elders of the land and says, "Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief:" I Kings 20:7

There are so many interesting things to glean from this lesson, but we are going to skip the story of the two battles that are fought wherein God blesses Ahab with victory over the pestilent Ben-hadad, just to show Ahab that there is a God in Israel: 
"...therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thy hand, and ye shall know that I am Jehovah."
(1Kings 20:28)
So, after the boastful King Ben-hadad is defeated twice, and he has had to flee for his life, his servants counsel him to throw himself on the mercy of King Ahab: 1Kings 20:32  "So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother." The 'he' of the last sentence was none other than Ahab, calling Ben-hadad his brother...and in verse 34 Ahab makes a covenant with Ben-hadad: "And I, said Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go."

God was very unhappy with him, and to prove his point he used a 'son of the prophet' to get his point across, and that is where I Kings 20:35 comes in.   "Smite me, I pray thee" he tells his fellow, but the fellow prophet was disobedient, was slain by a lion, and so the story goes on:

1Kings 20:37  "Then he (the prophet) found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him. 38)  So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with his headband over his eyes. 39)  And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king; and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.  40)  And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.  41)  And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets."
I don't know why Ahab made a covenant and let Ben-hadad go free.  The reason the prophet said he lost his prisoner was that he was busy 'here, and there'. 
Into our hands our lives are given, our opportunities are given, our time, our talent, yes, our very essence is given.  What are we doing with all of these things? 

1Corinthians 3:9  "For we are God's fellow-workers: ye are God's husbandry, God's building. 10)  According to the grace of God which was given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder I laid a foundation; and another buildeth thereon. But let each man take heed how he buildeth thereon. 11)  For other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12)  But if any man buildeth on the foundation gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13) each man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man's work of what sort it is."
We don't want to lose our place in the kingdom of God.  It is important to remember that being about our Father's business is our task first.  Do we forget to trust on God? 

Matthew 10:29  "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father: 30)  but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31)  Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows."