Psalm 102:13: You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for the time to favor her, Yes, the set time, has come.
We all live in a system of measurement that we call time. There are only so many hours in our day, only so many hours of daylight to accomplish certain tasks, and we are all limited by this general system we call time.
I don’t want to talk about the “general” time, but I want to talk about God’s “SET TIME” to do something. The word “time” in the passage of Scripture above is the Hebrew word mo-ade` (pronounced mow`ed), which means “an appointed time, an appointed place, and an appointed season.”
Throughout our walk with the Lord Jesus Christ we seem to be laboring continually to receive all that He has promised us through His Word. We are spending our “time” (general) in prayer, fasting, declaring, serving, etc., but only seeing glimpses of what the Lord has for us. I want to let you know that many of you who are reading this blog post today, are entering the “set time” that God has appointed to fulfill all things in your life. Let me give you an example from Scripture.
- Moses proclaims that God would raise up a Prophet for His people (talking about Jesus). [Deut. 18:15]
- The prophet Isaiah proclaims that God would give us a sign and His Son (Jesus) would be born of a virgin. (Isaiah 7:14)
These are things that are spoken in “time”, but it wasn’t the “set time” that God had appointed. God will have us proclaim things over our lives in the “general” realm of time, but it may not be the “set time” that God has ordained for it to happen. We have to understand that before God does a thing, He decrees a thing. Our job is to stay in faith and know that God CAN NOT LIE and He has a “set time” to bring it to pass.
- The Angel Gabriel speaks to the Virgin Mary and tells her of the promise of God to His people, and she will CONCEIVE and BIRTH the Savior of the world. (Luke 1: 26-38)
- The wise men came to find the young child because His star had appeared in the heavens announcing the “set time” of His Birth. (Matthew 2:1-11)
- The Apostle John tells us that in the beginning was the Word, but that Word (the promise that was declared) has NOW become flesh (manifested into the natural realm). [John 1:1-14].
Just like with the story of Jesus’ birth, you may be in a place of conceiving the SEED that the Lord has spoken to you. You may be in the place of proclaiming what the Lord has said to you, or you may be in the place of birthing what has been promised. Whichever stage you are in, know that the Lord has a SET TIME that He will bring it to pass.
It won’t be because of all of your efforts….. It’s just the timing of the Lord.
