Day 17: Always And Forever In The Right Time
Read: Galatians 4:4 - 7; Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 15
I suppose all of us know what it’s like to be late. Being late doesn’t
seem to bother some people, but I really hate being late for anything. I
suppose it has to do with my Navy days when while in Basic Training
when every day I was awakened along with 40 other guys at 430 in the
morning. With stunning military precision the lights came on, the horn
trumpeted reveille. It did not take long before most of us were awake
ahead of that obnoxious ear splitting noise. Then it was a day spent
marching in time from barracks to where ever, for whatever, more than a
mile away. Always on time.
Most of us know about living under
the constraint of deadlines, especially when some important event is
involved. We all have timetables. Did you know that God also has a
timetable (Ecclesiastes)? Sometimes our timetables are the same as His
and His is sometimes the same as ours, but often they are not. And that
is very frustrating. We want God to act right now; when, in His wisdom,
He chooses to delay for our good. But, my friends, it is absolutely true
that God is never early and He’s never late. He’s always right on time.
It may not be “in our time,” but it is always “in His time,” which is
the right time. Don't you love it when a plan comes together at just the
right time?
In our text today, Galatians 4:4-7, we are told
that “..when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His
Son..” (v. 4). Isn’t that an amazing statement? In the fullness of God's
time, God Sent His Son to us! Take the time to carefully consider just
what this means; With an absolute certainty that the absolutely perfect
moment had finally arrived ... God sent us His Son. A single moment
along the time line of eternity was declared by God to be the exact
perfect moment for accomplishing an important task. When have you ever
done that with that kind of perfect precision? We can only sense that
there is probably a right time for this or that, but absolutely perfect?
Now, it should be important to us because just as Christ came at the
perfect time, so God continues to work in our lives at always the right
time. In fact, perhaps today is the perfect time in your life for God to
move forward in a special way. Perhaps God wants to solve some perfect
problem in your life today. Perhaps Christ wants to give you today the
perfectly timed answer you have been seeking. Perhaps God is telling you
there is always going to be a 'right time' that perhaps today is the
perfect time for you to commit your life to Him. If so, let me encourage
you to respond to Him today, and He will always meet you..always just
in time! Always at the right time. As is His plan.
Let us Pray: Lord of all
eternity, Master of time itself. In the fullness of time You sent forth
Your Son Jesus into the world of men that they might come to know the
perfect time for the perfect relationship. Lord, forgive us when we
fail to fully recognize that moment. Forgive us when the fullness of
out trust is in only our imperfect deadline. Please realign our eternal clocks
with Yours that we may come to a time when we can fully realize You
and You alone have made everything suitable for its time. In Jesus' name I pray.
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Read: Galatians 4:4 - 7; Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 15
I suppose all of us know what it’s like to be late. Being late doesn’t seem to bother some people, but I really hate being late for anything. I suppose it has to do with my Navy days when while in Basic Training when every day I was awakened along with 40 other guys at 430 in the morning. With stunning military precision the lights came on, the horn trumpeted reveille. It did not take long before most of us were awake ahead of that obnoxious ear splitting noise. Then it was a day spent marching in time from barracks to where ever, for whatever, more than a mile away. Always on time.
Most of us know about living under the constraint of deadlines, especially when some important event is involved. We all have timetables. Did you know that God also has a timetable (Ecclesiastes)? Sometimes our timetables are the same as His and His is sometimes the same as ours, but often they are not. And that is very frustrating. We want God to act right now; when, in His wisdom, He chooses to delay for our good. But, my friends, it is absolutely true that God is never early and He’s never late. He’s always right on time. It may not be “in our time,” but it is always “in His time,” which is the right time. Don't you love it when a plan comes together at just the right time?
In our text today, Galatians 4:4-7, we are told that “..when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son..” (v. 4). Isn’t that an amazing statement? In the fullness of God's time, God Sent His Son to us! Take the time to carefully consider just what this means; With an absolute certainty that the absolutely perfect moment had finally arrived ... God sent us His Son. A single moment along the time line of eternity was declared by God to be the exact perfect moment for accomplishing an important task. When have you ever done that with that kind of perfect precision? We can only sense that there is probably a right time for this or that, but absolutely perfect?
Now, it should be important to us because just as Christ came at the perfect time, so God continues to work in our lives at always the right time. In fact, perhaps today is the perfect time in your life for God to move forward in a special way. Perhaps God wants to solve some perfect problem in your life today. Perhaps Christ wants to give you today the perfectly timed answer you have been seeking. Perhaps God is telling you there is always going to be a 'right time' that perhaps today is the perfect time for you to commit your life to Him. If so, let me encourage you to respond to Him today, and He will always meet you..always just in time! Always at the right time. As is His plan.
Let us Pray: Lord of all eternity, Master of time itself. In the fullness of time You sent forth Your Son Jesus into the world of men that they might come to know the perfect time for the perfect relationship. Lord, forgive us when we fail to fully recognize that moment. Forgive us when the fullness of out trust is in only our imperfect deadline. Please realign our eternal clocks with Yours that we may come to a time when we can fully realize You and You alone have made everything suitable for its time. In Jesus' name I pray.
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