Has the time come?
Therefore, they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. John 7:30
I used to think God’s plan and will for my life would happen automatically. However, now I realize that it is only accomplished on purpose. I have to intentionally follow each day if I want to finish all that my Father is calling me to. God’s plan for each life does not happen in an instant, it is a daily purpose that you walk out in your lifetime. Even though you will be living it today, it will happen over the course of your life. The key is to be walking with Him day to day and following the direction that He puts in front of you and leads you through.
In today’s reading and previously in this chapter, Jesus said His time or hour had not come. He was walking out the plan of God for His life daily, but the time for the fulfillment or finish of the plan was not yet. He knew that no one would lay a hand on Him until just the right moment, but He also knew that He needed to stay away from certain people until His Father’s timing. I am not sure if He knew when the completion of His life in the world would be, but He did know how it would be at the finish. He just stayed close to His Father and followed the plan every day of His life.
God has timing and hours planned into our life too. If you find that you are in a place of waiting or even uncertainty, keep walking close to Him day by day until the waiting time is over. Allow God’s Spirit to lead you into the goodness God has planned for your life at the precise moment of the plan. Don’t become irritable or impatient when it doesn’t feel like things are moving forward. Be faithful to do what you know to do today, and the doors will open at just the right time. When they do open up, be sure to check in to make sure that the door was put there by your Father for you not the enemy to trap you. God’s path will always lead to His goodness, so even if it doesn’t look like the right time or isn’t for you, follow Him through at just the right time and you will never miss out on His best plan for your life.
Today I want to encourage you to wait until your time has come. Wait for the day and hour for your next steps and promotion to open up. But be watching and ready for it so that when it does show up, you will not pass it by and miss all that your Father has planned for your life. His plan and His purpose are good! In fact, He has planned the best life you could ever want to live for you to walk out, but it is up to you to check in and stay close to not miss it.
Today’s scripture reading: John 7:25-31
25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?
26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?
27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”
28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
30 Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
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