Friday, July 10, 2009

Time for everything


Ecclesiastes 3
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven
a time to be born and a time to die
a time to plant and a time to uproot
a time to kill and a time to heal
a time to tear down and a time to build
a time to weep and a time to laugh
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them
a time to embrace and a time to refrain
a time to search and a time to give up
a time to keep and a time to throw away
a time to tear and a time to mend
a time to be silent and a time to speak
a time to love and a time to hate
a time for war and a time for peace.
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

A few months ago i was reminded of the above scripture, that there is a time for everything. i particularly love verse 11 that states that God has made everything beautiful in its time. It doesn't say He will make or He shall make or He could make, but it states He has made everything beautiful meaning it is already done. The moment you began praying and believing God for your miracle, for your breakthrough, it is already done. You see one day unto the Lord is like a thousand years so when it seems like nothing is happening, something is actually happening, because as you live each day you're getting closer to that day where He made everything beautiful. So now discerning what time it is becomes very important because you could be reaping yet God is saying it is a season of sowing. Hosea2:4 points out that "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. Knowing what season you're in is critical because the enemy will deceive you and blind you and cause you to miss your real season, the real season in which God wants you to be in by lying to you that you're actually in another season. If you want to know what season you're in just ask Him, Matthew 7:7-8 "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
Once you know what season you're in, doing the correct thing becomes the next step. James 2:26 states “As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.Look at the woman with the issue of blood, not only did she understand that her season of healing had arrived, but she knew she had to exercise her faith. You could be in a season of planting where God wants you to plant something and you say God i have nothing to plant, that's when faith comes into play. When God told Abraham that this time next year, your wife Sarah will have a son, Abraham at that moment stepped into a birthing season. God then go further to state is there anything too hard for the Lord. You see everyday Abraham must have wondered is today the day Sarah my wife conceives a child and the next day, and the day after wondered the same thing but until that day had come, until that beautiful day had come, he had to exercise his faith so know your season and exercise faith in that season so that you don't miss what God is downloading to you.

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