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HELEN SANDERS
7-23-2022
FULLNESS OF TIME
I often remember the movie of the Hiding Place where Corrie’s Father took her to Amsterdam to set his clock. You see, he was a clockmaker, and he wanted his clocks to be precise in time. He went where time was accurate to make sure he was not off by even a second. His advice prompted her to always be excellent in what she undertook. Timing paid off for her when she was in prison. God made a miracle happen at precisely the right timing, and she was released. Many others did not receive that fate.
Timing is of utmost importance with God. Jesus came in “the fullness of time.” Galatians 4:4 says, “But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” Jesus came at exactly the right timing.
In the spirit realm there is no time. When we are all taken to heaven there will be no time as we know it. I doubt if there will be smart watches either! Jesus is the beginning (Alpha) and the end (Omega) and holds the middle together also. So often we fret over things not coming together, but God knows the timing for things to be accomplished.
This is where faith comes in my friend. We must trust that God knows more than us, and when the timing is right things will be accomplished. Prophetic words are being fulfilled as you read this that were given over two thousand years ago. I am sure the people of old wanted those prophecies to happen then, but it did not happen then because it was not the right time.
While we wait on God’s timing, we praise God that our visions, our dreams, our prayers, and our hopes will be accomplished. We must not complain or murmur over any delays that we see because God knows what is best for us and will bring things together when he sees fit. During the waiting period we grow in faith, or we grow in doubt. It is our choice.
Corrie Ten Boom complained about the fleas that were in their prison barracks, but God used the fleas to keep the guards out so that she and her sister could hold bible studies, and many received salvation. It would never have happened if the fleas were not there. Her sister Betsy was a woman of faith. Corrie was compulsive and got upset easily, yet in those prison years she saw the faithfulness of God and her life changed.
We do not know all there is to know about the plans God has for us, so take one breath at a time knowing that God is with you on your journey. He will see you through the fleas of life.
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