For a few months now, I've been struggling through some things. Emotional problems, hope deferred, etc. And throughout it all, God was so good to have the Spirit replaying to me again and again: "I am making everything beautiful in it's time." This verse must have been with me for two months now.
With God, the future is always bright. Thanks to Jesus we always have hope. He knows where to take us. He knows were we're going. And He is faithful to take us to paradise. He can be depended on to see our lives carried through til completion (Philippians 1:6).
Then, on the 5th, the Lord guided me to Ecclesiastes 3, as seen below. That really touched me. Hey, there's a promise clearly fulfilled!
What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
He is making everything beautiful in it's time. He has started a new season in our lives. Since God's fulfillment in leading me to this verse, things have started to change in Vanessa's and my life. We've felt a burden come off. We've been taken into the freedom of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:17). God has calmed us and led us into bliss and rest. He's also taken us higher and increased the quality of our private time with Him. Like I said , we're going to the mountaintop!
So if you're struggling right now, be strong and take heart. Hold on to the promises. Go back to a time when the only thing you had was a firm foundation in God. Remember that God's Word is faithful.
"God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" Numbers 23:19
In the meantime, stay strong. Remember that Joseph spent 14 years struggling through hardships before the dream God had given him was fulfilled. The Word of God, the promises of God, tested him in the meantime (Psalms 105:19). But God is so faithful. He will not tempt nor test you beyond what you can bear (1 Corinthians 10:13). So put your hope in Him! There's been a time for weeping, but no longer. Now is the time to trade your mourning in for gladness. Now is the time to see fulfilled promise. Now is the time that the Lord is releasing gifts and fulfilling past hopes. He is making everything beautiful in it's time.
Confirmed: Recently Johnny Enlow sent out a word for 2015--"Four Winds: Worship, Wisdom, Wealth, and Wonder". Below is a short excerpt, in italics:
"God is telling His great story through us, and as we connect to His Kingdom narrative (i.e. seek first the Kingdom of God), it allows Him to rescue and restore our personal story. If your personal story is a mess and seemingly impossible to make beautiful, give yourself to Him as never before and you will find yourself receiving His winds of wonder that will leave you overwhelmed by His goodness.
Everything and everyone who remains in His hands becomes beautiful – in its time. He has promised all who receive Him a great eternal storybook-ending of eternal life in Heaven, but He is also looking to showcase His goodness to us here in the land of the living. As David said, "I would have fainted if I didn't believe I would see the goodness of God in the land of the living" (see Psalm 27:13)."
With God, the future is always bright. Thanks to Jesus we always have hope. He knows where to take us. He knows were we're going. And He is faithful to take us to paradise. He can be depended on to see our lives carried through til completion (Philippians 1:6).
Then, on the 5th, the Lord guided me to Ecclesiastes 3, as seen below. That really touched me. Hey, there's a promise clearly fulfilled!
...a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.
What do workers gain from their toil? I have seen the burden God has laid on the human race. He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil—this is the gift of God. I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that people will fear him.
He is making everything beautiful in it's time. He has started a new season in our lives. Since God's fulfillment in leading me to this verse, things have started to change in Vanessa's and my life. We've felt a burden come off. We've been taken into the freedom of the Lord (2 Corinthians 3:17). God has calmed us and led us into bliss and rest. He's also taken us higher and increased the quality of our private time with Him. Like I said , we're going to the mountaintop!
So if you're struggling right now, be strong and take heart. Hold on to the promises. Go back to a time when the only thing you had was a firm foundation in God. Remember that God's Word is faithful.
"God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?" Numbers 23:19
In the meantime, stay strong. Remember that Joseph spent 14 years struggling through hardships before the dream God had given him was fulfilled. The Word of God, the promises of God, tested him in the meantime (Psalms 105:19). But God is so faithful. He will not tempt nor test you beyond what you can bear (1 Corinthians 10:13). So put your hope in Him! There's been a time for weeping, but no longer. Now is the time to trade your mourning in for gladness. Now is the time to see fulfilled promise. Now is the time that the Lord is releasing gifts and fulfilling past hopes. He is making everything beautiful in it's time.
Confirmed: Recently Johnny Enlow sent out a word for 2015--"Four Winds: Worship, Wisdom, Wealth, and Wonder". Below is a short excerpt, in italics:
"God is telling His great story through us, and as we connect to His Kingdom narrative (i.e. seek first the Kingdom of God), it allows Him to rescue and restore our personal story. If your personal story is a mess and seemingly impossible to make beautiful, give yourself to Him as never before and you will find yourself receiving His winds of wonder that will leave you overwhelmed by His goodness.
Everything and everyone who remains in His hands becomes beautiful – in its time. He has promised all who receive Him a great eternal storybook-ending of eternal life in Heaven, but He is also looking to showcase His goodness to us here in the land of the living. As David said, "I would have fainted if I didn't believe I would see the goodness of God in the land of the living" (see Psalm 27:13)."
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