Yesterday’s message
was titled “THE PARADOX OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE”, while today’s
message is titled “ACCEPTED TIME I” as given by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye in Open Heavens Devotional (Adeboye, 2014). In today’s message, we have
been asked to memoriseEcclesiastes 3:1: “To every thing there
is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” and read Ecclesiastes
3:1-8. Our Bible in one year for today has been taken from Isaiah 14:28 to Isaiah 19:15 (Adeboye, 2014).
As usual, let’s
take a look at the quoted text for today’s message as provided by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye (Adeboye, 2013)
“God in His
perfection has His own ways of doing things. One of such ways is that He has a
timetable by which He works, and He follows it strictly. This is demonstrated
in the way He handled the case of Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha (lohn
ll:l-8) The Bible says He loved this man and his two sisters. because of this
love, the sisters of Lazarus were in no panicky state at all when he fell sick
because they knew that all they needed was for Jesus to hear that His friend
was sick and He would rush to the scene and heal him immediately. How mistaken
they were. However, God knew of the condition of Lazarus even before it
happened. The Bible says:
“Known unto God are
all his works from the beginning of the world.” Acts 15:18
Lazarus’ sisters
waited for Jesus to come till the time they concluded it was all over. They
were not disappointed at the end because when it was time for Him to act
according to His timetable, their mourning turned to joy and theysang a new
song. lf you are truly His child, walking uprightly before Him, be aware
that He knows of that experience you are having for which you earnestly desire
a change. He is not just getting aware of it now but He knew about it before
you were born. How amazing! When He stepped into the case of Lazarus according
to His own time-table on the fourth day of his demise, the hopeless situation
became a great testimony. Has His “delay” made your case worse, or has your
case degenerated and decayed, just like the body of Lazarus in the grave for
four days? I have good news for you: the Lord will step in and yours shall be a
mighty testimony, and great joy shall follow in Jesus‘ Name. Note that while
the disappointment of Martha and Mary lasted over their dead brother, it was
not reported that they got angry with Jesus. In grief, they did not
consider Him less than they had taken Him to be. They did not blaspheme
or say rubbish against God. There is no doubt that they were pained
because Jesus did not come around at their own timing when, supposedly, there
was still hope. Nevertheless, their response to Jesus was still that of
reverence (John 1 1 :32)”
The key point for
today is to ensure you do not get angry with God when faced with
trouble, as this could your problem.
I pray that the
spirit of patience and perseverance will never depart from us in Jesus Name,
amen.
GOD'S WORD SO SHARP!
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