Spirit-Living Devotional
Apostle Osborn
THE MYSTERY OF DIVINE TIMING
[[Tit 1:2]] KJV In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Take note of the phrase “before the world began” in the above. The Darby Bible says, “Before the ages of time.” The Bibles also says that Jesus was slain before the foundation of the world *(Eph 1:4,5). Ephesians 1:4 says, “According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” All these scriptures tell us something very crucial.
Firstly, it shows us that we existed before time began. Also, Jesus was slain for our salvation even before He was born into this world. And, our salvation and eternal life was something that was planned out in eternity before time. All these truths point us to the fact that God lives outside time. His time is not our time. God lives in the NOW. There is no past, present, or future with God. Everything that happens before God is now. Miracles are happening now for you! Now is the acceptable time! The time for favour zion is now!
This is important to appreciate because a lot of times, even believers find it hard to believe things that pertain to God. For example, when we make statements like, ” All your sins in the past, present and future are forgiven because of the death of Jesus,” some find it hard to assimilate. The reason is because they try to interpret that in time. Some say, ‘Jesus died 2000 years ago, how come my sins in the future are covered?’ Well, the simple answer is that before God, Jesus died NOW. Hallelujah! And the sin that you committed now is forgiven now because it was paid for now! Everything is NOW before God. Glory!
Secondly, God has already planned everything according to His time. This explains why the Bible says our lives are predestined. We are only reliving what we already lived in Christ before time began. Hallelujah! Paul puts it like this; “who has saved us, and has called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the ages of time. *(2Ti 1:9) Darby. Cheer up! Everything about your life in Christ is planned out and already established. You can not fail in life. You are an already-made success. The time for manifestation is just around the conner. Glory to God!
Prayer:
Father, I thank you that my life is totally planned out in you before I started. Everything about me is pre-arranged. And through your grace, I step into them in time, manifesting your wonders and glory in this world to glorify you in Jesus’ name. Hallelujah!
