What time is it for
you? sometimes we have to renew our mind to know what time it is. It is
very common to mistaken a time for joy for a time for pain.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
Have you been praying and fasting and standing on the word and believing yet the heavens seem to be like its bolt shut. There are many reasons that this can happen to you, one of the main one is the appointed time. You see when GOD was creating the world he put everything in place and established the appointed time for everything.
Even JESUS was born at the appointed time John the baptist had his head chopped of at the appointed time. Other wise there was going to be a conflict between John the baptist and JESUS. Yet for someone who prepared the way for JESUS who was also called the greatest of the prophets because he came just before GOD himself. He died such a terrible death just to get him out of the way, ooh! the wisdom of GOD.
You know even John who was born with one purpose and for a season to make a way for the LORD and he knew it but he also questioned whether JESUS was indeed the messiah. Mind you earlier he was the one who said behold the LAMB of GOD that comes to take away the sin of the world. Yet he noticed that he was rotting in jail and the messiah not even dared to get him out let alone to visit him. Come on think about it as powerful as the messiah is he could get him out. Questions arose obviously, is this man for real , pardon my asking but are you the messiah or should we wait for another?
We may also going through a time that we question if what GOD said about our lives is ever coming to pass or not. Most of the times GOD would reveal things about us that will happen in the future so that we can have hope. without hope my friend you wold lose the battle. As Habakkuk say the vision is for the appointed time, wait for it for it won't delay it will surely come to pass. I personally think that the issue is not necessarily that the thing wont come to pass but rather that the waiting is what put most people off. Yet GOD likes to keep us waiting so that we can learn to have patience.
The appointed time is meant to test our faith which in turn produces patience as it is written in James1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. God is in no hurry he exist outside time and he can do anything anytime he wants to. He put the appointed time so that whatever it is has to happen at just the right time not a second late. Of-course we humans want things done quick quick do not get me wrong sometimes things happen quick. but most things of GOD take time because as it is written in Ecclesiastes 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. He is the all creating GOD he does not do botched up work. So the appointed time is there so as to deal with us. Getting rid of things that may hinder us from enjoying GODS best.
Even JESUS was born at the appointed time John the baptist had his head chopped of at the appointed time. Other wise there was going to be a conflict between John the baptist and JESUS. Yet for someone who prepared the way for JESUS who was also called the greatest of the prophets because he came just before GOD himself. He died such a terrible death just to get him out of the way, ooh! the wisdom of GOD.
You know even John who was born with one purpose and for a season to make a way for the LORD and he knew it but he also questioned whether JESUS was indeed the messiah. Mind you earlier he was the one who said behold the LAMB of GOD that comes to take away the sin of the world. Yet he noticed that he was rotting in jail and the messiah not even dared to get him out let alone to visit him. Come on think about it as powerful as the messiah is he could get him out. Questions arose obviously, is this man for real , pardon my asking but are you the messiah or should we wait for another?
We may also going through a time that we question if what GOD said about our lives is ever coming to pass or not. Most of the times GOD would reveal things about us that will happen in the future so that we can have hope. without hope my friend you wold lose the battle. As Habakkuk say the vision is for the appointed time, wait for it for it won't delay it will surely come to pass. I personally think that the issue is not necessarily that the thing wont come to pass but rather that the waiting is what put most people off. Yet GOD likes to keep us waiting so that we can learn to have patience.
The appointed time is meant to test our faith which in turn produces patience as it is written in James1:4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. God is in no hurry he exist outside time and he can do anything anytime he wants to. He put the appointed time so that whatever it is has to happen at just the right time not a second late. Of-course we humans want things done quick quick do not get me wrong sometimes things happen quick. but most things of GOD take time because as it is written in Ecclesiastes 14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him. He is the all creating GOD he does not do botched up work. So the appointed time is there so as to deal with us. Getting rid of things that may hinder us from enjoying GODS best.
David was anointed to be king yet it took him 13 years or so to actually become king. GOD was dealing with him depositing things in him developing his character. Now in contrast Solomon did not go through the character building years just inherited the throne and asked for wisdom. Look what it did to him he married 1000 women I mean come on whats all that for. Eventually he fell out of favor with the LORD.
You may be waiting on the LORD for what seems forever yet you are doing everything right and wondering what is going on. Well the appointed time may not be there yet. If it is not your time you can pray all you want' quote scriptures all you want, tithe, give offering do all the good that you can do not getting weary; but nothing happens. Friend wait on the LORD. when the appointed time comes the blessing will locate you. It may have taken a toll on you, even coming to a point of losing hope. But do not worry just like David encourage yourself for your appointed time is coming. No matter where you are it will locate you.
When Joseph's appointed time came through he was fetched from the dungeon and brought before the king and a few minutes later he was the second in command of the leader of the world then. Mind you the baker whom he had helped forgot him. I am sure he was bitter like most of us when an opportunities are passing us by. But his appointed time was to usher him to second in command. Yes like us going through hell, he spent two more years in the dungeon perplexed what is going on? that baker promised to say a good word to the king for me. Yet at the exact appointed time he was released and indeed it was beautiful thing in its time Joseph added nothing to it.
There is power indeed in waiting for the appointed time, if he had been released like he wanted two years earlier he would have just been another statistic. Do not chose to be another statistic wait on GOD and be promoted like Joseph where you will add nothing to your breakthrough. You will just sit back and enjoy forgetting all the pain you went through.
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