“To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1
For everything, God has set a time for its fulfilment. In Ecclesiastes 3, the author has enumerated a whole list of things which depicts that God has an eternal plan according to which everything happens. Difficult to grasp this but what is true is true and therefore we must give ourselves to God as Holy sacrifices allowing the Holy Spirit to fulfil God’s plan in our lives. We see many instances in Bible wherein God confirms this fact again and again:
- Genesis 1 starts with the word “In the beginning…God knows the beginning and the end. Jesus said in Matthew 24:36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.
- Genesis18:14, God said “Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son” and further we see in Genesis 21:1-2, at the set time of God, Sarah conceived Isaac. Abraham and Sarah had to wait 25 years for the fulfillment of God’s promise. In His own time, God faithfully brings His promises to pass.
- Joseph who was sold as slave became a ruler and saviour in the Lord’s time.
- All the prophets – David, Daniel, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk were well aware of the Lord’s appointed time and they all cautioned people of this earth to repent and come back to the Lord.
- In 1 Samuel :16 we see how God asked Samuel to anoint young shepherd David as the King in place of Saul but this was done secretly and God prepared David slowly to be recognised as leader among his people. After a long wait, All the tribes of Israel came to David and anointed him King over Israel. (2 Samuel 5:1-3)
The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. (Lamentation 3:25)
- God sent Jesus at the appointed time on this earth although the promise was made in Adam’s time only (Genesis 3:15)
- Lazarus was dead and decaying for four days in that tomb (John 11:17) but Jesus at the appointed time went there and raised Lazarus from the dead.
Jesus knew when his time will come and till that time he patiently waited and did all that His father asked him to do. He waited for 30 years before starting his public ministry and after knowing that His time has come to fulfil the promise of God, he embraced death.
We all are in this time of waiting and when we don’t see the desired thing happening in our live, we baffle and rely on our own strength to make things happen with no success. God has not kept anything secret from us. We need to constantly remind ourselves when this clouds of uncertainty and fear of future take over us that we are His chosen bride who will join the wedding supper of the Lamb (Revelation 19:7) and will be with the Lord till eternity.
“….God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-4
Testimony
Gradually I believe I am acknowledging that God’s timing is perfect timing and am learning to wait patiently for things to happen in my life in the midst of all the trials although I have to go a long way.
As Jesus said in Matthew 24:42, Let us all stay alert! We don’t know what day the Lord is coming.
Sol. Neha