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Date: Friday, July 09, 2010
Today: A time for everything!
Passage: Eccl 3: 1-4 NIV
A Time for Everything
1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven:
2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot,
3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build,
4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
God does everything by His time-table
If you look at God and the ways God does things, there is so much to learn
God is very organized in what he does
He does everything at the appropriate time
In creation, God had a time-table
Different people argue about the actual time and interval between each “day” in Gen 1 (&2), but what is interesting to me is that God divided his activities into six portions and did a specific thing on each day
While feeding the five thousand, Jesus told the disciples to seat them in groups of fifty, before starting to feed them
When Israel (Jacob and his family) went to Egypt, God had specifically spoken a time of four hundred years in Egypt
When the captivity of Israel under Babylon and Assyria occurred in the 6th/7th century BC, God had determined time-frames
When Jesus came into this world, he came at the exact time appointed
He is going to come again, at his appointed time
But one thing I observed, regarding God’s time
The time of God could be related to man’s action/faith also
In the wedding at Cana, Jesus first told Mary that it was not yet his time
But then, we see Jesus performing the miraculous act
What happened all of a sudden?
Mary’s faith and the action related to it!
Our faith, prayer and action can influence God’s time!
When Lazarus died, Jesus came, but only at His time
Sometimes, God changes His very decisions for judgment
When the people of Nineveh cried, God removed the punishment that was going to happen to them
God said to Solomon that God will change his decision of judgment for those who sincerely repent of their sins, to God (2 Chronicles 7:14)
Sometimes, we might have been praying and waiting for something
In God’s time, He will do it
27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and complain, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the LORD; my cause is disregarded by my God”?
31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint. (Isaiah 40: 27, 31 – NIV)
Waiting for the Lord, thanking Home every day, is the key!
Satan will try to block every blessing of God’s children and try to attack them
But God’s plans are for our blessing and the best
God bless you
BG
Prayer: Lord, help me to understand that you care. Sometimes, I have become discouraged and hopeless. Sorry for my doubt and unbelief. Help me to always trust in you and your goodness. Amen