Thursday, May 13, 2021
You Can Tell Spring to Arrive
But Only God Sets the Time!
Zephaniah 3:19
I will deal with all your oppressors at that time. And I will save the lame and gather the outcast, and I will change their shame into praise and renown in all the earth.
Acts 1:6-8
So when they had come together, they asked him, ‘Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?’ He replied, ‘It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.’
Words of Grace For Today
Oh, what assurance it gives to us this day, to be able to look forward with full trust that God will deal with all our oppressors and the oppressors of all people in all time!
Yet, we want God to act on our timetable, Now, please!
Or at least we want to know the time when God will act, so that we can fully trust God’s deliverance from our enemies who seek our death!
God provides no such time.
God provides a Promise.
God promises that we will receive power from the Holy Spirit.
God promises that we will be God’s witnesses, here at home, in the neighbouring countryside and countries, and to the ends of the earth!
That will require everything we are and have and can be – which is only possible as the Holy Spirit makes us able.
So we pray, discipline ourselves, and see and speak with God each day.
What an adventure life is!