THE
FULLNESS OF TIME
Memorise
To
everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Read
Acts 2:1-4
2:1 And when
the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one
place.
2:2 And
suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it
filled all the house where they were sitting.
2:3 And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of
them.
2:4 And they
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as
the Spirit gave them utterance.
MESSAGE
When the day of Pentecost was fully come, the Holy
Spirit came upon the disciples of Jesus Christ. This event makes it clear that
our God is a God of times and seasons (Daniel 2:20-21). If you look at the life
of Elizabeth - the mother of John the Baptist, you may be wondering: Why the
delay of the fruit of the womb in the life of such a devoted daughter of Zion?
The answer is found in the later event of the birth of John the Baptist, who
Jesus Christ acknowledged as the greatest of all the prophets (Matthew 11:11).
He was born by the same woman that was considered barren for many decades. When
the fullness of time came, Elizabeth conceived and gave birth to the forerunner
of the Messiah (Luke 1:11-16). The Almighty God moves very fast whenever He
wants to do something. When it seems God is slow in taking action, you can be
sure that it is because His time has not fully come. God is not a slow worker at
all. This is established from the creation story where in six days, God
accomplished the creation of the entire universe (Genesis 1). There is a time
in a man’s life when delay is not a good option. In 1 Samuel 17:51, we read of
the fast move of God in David’s life. It would have been another story if David
had delayed in separating the head of Goliath from his body after the stone
from his sling had dazed Goliath to the ground. The Bible says:
“Therefore
David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out
of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when
the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.“
One characteristic of the fullness of God’s time is
its sudden arrival. The Bible says:
“And
when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one
place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind,
and it filled all the house where they were sitting.”
Acts 2:1-2
It took God just one day to kick away famine from
Samaria according to 2 Kings 7:1-18. Suddenly, food became surplus in the land
after God moved into the situation of a people who had started killing their
children for food. For someone using this devotional, you will receive sudden breakthroughs
this season in Jesus’ Name. Your day of celebration shall fully come this
season in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer
Point:
Father, please let my miracle come suddenly in a
way that the enemy will not be able to do anything about it.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR
Acts 4-5
Ecclesiastes 12:9-14
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