I have been stuck on time for the last couple of days. But, not my time, God's time. I am learning to understand that God's timing is always perfect timing! This is something that we need to wrap ourselves around and understand! When God speaks, the time to respond in obedience is right now! Many of us act as though we have all the time in the world to respond to Him, to obey Him. However, may I say that history has shown that it doesn't wait on our commitments. And, there is no such thing as postponing a decision with our Lord! There are only two choices--either we obey or we disobey. That's it! It's either faith or unbelief, or obedience or disobedience.
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion--to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of despair." Isaiah 61:1-3.
Friends, when our Lord announces that now is the acceptable time, what we do next is very critical. There are so many people that have been unprepared when a word came to them from God. In Scripture, God said many times, "Now is the time for you to respond to Me." And often their response was, "But I am not ready," or, "I have some things I need to do first," or even, "I am too busy to answer right now." I said it at the beginning, God's timing is always perfect! He knows me and he knows you. He is fully aware of all of our circumstances or situations. Too many times we forget that He is the Lord Almighty! He know our everything! He knows all that He has built into our life until now, and He extends His invitation to us, knowing the His resources are more than adequate for any assignment He gives us. The question is: Do we really want to obey Him, or do we say we want to just for the benefit of others!
I believe that this is why the Bible tells us that our Lord is so concerned with our heart. If we do not keep our hearts in love with Jesus, our disobedience could affect the live of others as well as us. Listen carefully, When God speaks, it is always out of the context of eternity! I do not think that very many of us believers understand that or pay attention to that. We do not know all the implications of what God is asking of us. Abraham never lived to see the promise that God made to him about his seed. Imagine if Abraham did not obey God! Sure, you might think that God would have used someone else, but would've He? When God speaks to us, when He tells us to do something, all we need to know is that it is a word from our Lord Almighty! "Now" is always the acceptable time to respond to our God!
May God Richly Bless You Today!! H Trent!
"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion--to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of despair." Isaiah 61:1-3.
Friends, when our Lord announces that now is the acceptable time, what we do next is very critical. There are so many people that have been unprepared when a word came to them from God. In Scripture, God said many times, "Now is the time for you to respond to Me." And often their response was, "But I am not ready," or, "I have some things I need to do first," or even, "I am too busy to answer right now." I said it at the beginning, God's timing is always perfect! He knows me and he knows you. He is fully aware of all of our circumstances or situations. Too many times we forget that He is the Lord Almighty! He know our everything! He knows all that He has built into our life until now, and He extends His invitation to us, knowing the His resources are more than adequate for any assignment He gives us. The question is: Do we really want to obey Him, or do we say we want to just for the benefit of others!
I believe that this is why the Bible tells us that our Lord is so concerned with our heart. If we do not keep our hearts in love with Jesus, our disobedience could affect the live of others as well as us. Listen carefully, When God speaks, it is always out of the context of eternity! I do not think that very many of us believers understand that or pay attention to that. We do not know all the implications of what God is asking of us. Abraham never lived to see the promise that God made to him about his seed. Imagine if Abraham did not obey God! Sure, you might think that God would have used someone else, but would've He? When God speaks to us, when He tells us to do something, all we need to know is that it is a word from our Lord Almighty! "Now" is always the acceptable time to respond to our God!
May God Richly Bless You Today!! H Trent!
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