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Psalms 102:13 You will arise and have mercy on Zion; For the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.
God has a clock and a calendar without which, everything in your world would descend into chaos. The Universe runs on a strict schedule from orbits to decelerations in the rotational speeds of the earth and the moon.
For example, the earth spins at about 1000 mph at the equator so that it rotates the approximate 24,901 miles circumference in about 24 hours. The moon, on the other hand, is only about 6800 miles in circumference and spins at about 10 mph making one revolution every 27.3 earth days. These are predictably connected so that we never see the back side of the moon.
The Divine plan is consistent and trustworthy and since God knows the end from the beginning (Isaiah 46:10), and since He is committed to telling us things before they come to pass (Isaiah 42:9), we can wholeheartedly trust both His Word and His Spirit. King Solomon wrote in the book of Ecclesiastes (3) that God has a set time for every purpose under heaven.
Acts 14:17 tells us that God did not leave Himself without a witness. Many of the witnesses spoken of in the Bible are blessings that testify to the goodness of God. Do you remember the prodigal son, spoken of by Jesus and recorded in the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15? Jesus said that after this young man had lost all of his money, his reputation, his comfort, his peace, his fellowship his dignity, and his pride, he came to his senses. And when he came to his senses, he did not first recall his sin. Rather he first realized how good his father was. “Even the servants in my father’s house …”
Jesus painted a picture of a Father who never stopped being a father. Even though the son stopped acting like a son, the father was faithfully waiting. The son said, my father treats his servants better than the world is treating me – I think I’ll go home and serve him … He is good. Romans 2:4 tells us that it is the goodness of God that leads people to repentance. God is good and His divine plan is consistent and trustworthy. God is predictable, just ask Jonah. God’s plan is to bless you and make you a blessing.
We read about it in prophecy. When the Children of God were experiencing a truly difficult time for their nation (605BC) and their enemies seemed unconquerable, God set for them a time. God told them beforehand when and how He was going to bless them and deliver them and prosper them and re-establish them, and what they needed to do in the meantime.
You see, at this point in history God wasn’t happy with them … but He loved them. God’s love is always greater than His disappointment.
This brings us to a principle of life which says: If you want to feel different about someone, you’ve got to start thinking differently about them. And love wants to … it just has to start somewhere.
Jeremiah 29 NKJV
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward
you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and
a hope.
12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to
Me, and I will listen to you.
13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
So what have we discussed today?
1. God is consistent, predictable, and trustworthy.
2. God has a set time to bless you and remind you that He is
good.
3. What you can do right now is seek Him with all your heart.
When will you find the blessing of God? When you seek Him and search for Him with all your heart. The safest we will ever be is in our Father’s house. Someone has been a father to you … you know you can depend on his goodness. God is good … all the time!
And recently I heard the Lord say to me – “Abundance is coming. What will you do with it?”
