There is time

There is time

Something about when you were a child gave you the right to be care-free, daring, inquisitive, and most of all the, time to dream. 

As we put years behind us, we begin to age with society.  We accept that at 20, we press through college; at 30, we plot our career paths; at 40, review our retirement plan (or much sooner for a plan that might actually work); at 50, we re-focus on health and maintaining a decent quality of life; at 60, we concede our mortality and journey to find our own peace and understanding; at 70, we ponder, reflect and create a bucket list to live out the desires of our hearts, etc.

The point is this: There is a societal progression that has been collectively adopted as the journey through life.  You know if you are doing the things you are supposed to be doing because society and everyone in it will be reminding you of your responsibilities.  Whether you should be in school, or working on a new project, or finishing something you’ve been working on for years, there are always indicators around telling us whether we have hit the mark or not.

We must remember that there is time.  We are not on anyone else’s journey but our own.  We are not late, we are not ahead of the curve, we are exactly where we should be in our personal walk.  For so many years, we have looked at others for points of reference.  We have made comparisons and judgments concerning other individual’s income, status, possessions, appearance, and affiliations.  Then we look to ourselves to see if we are measuring up.  The misinformation is that you cannot measure your own quality of life through another individual’s eyes.

What you first need to understand is that God does not share the same plan that society has set in place for you.  Instead, He may see it more fitting for us to search for peace and understanding at 20; so that at 30, He can use you to save a few souls who went astray; at 40, open a business so the increased revenue stream can bless a family who went bankrupt; at 50, to give a seminar on being a successful single parent; at 60, to lead your grandchildren into the Kingdom of Heaven; at 70; to ponder his goodness and mercy as we become more comfortable with our “eternality,” not mortality. 

If you take a look at the two life scenarios, it is not hard to understand why so many people miss the life that God has designed for them.  We are too busy chasing what society has conditioned us to seek.  However, I have information that advises otherwise: “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33  

I urge you to take the time to find out the true life God wants you to lead.  One thing the enemy tries to do is keep you so busy doing nothing that you are too tired to do for God. He keeps the noise level high, so you can’t hear the “still, small voice of God.” 1 Kings 19:12.  Worst of all, the enemy tells you, there isn’t enough time!  Time to do what?  Live.  He keeps you feeling like you are behind, you need to catch up, you are less than your counterparts.  He wants you to be agitated, uncomfortable being where you are, to ensure you keep running.  Running towards nothing, but running from this moment.  The enemy knows that if you stop running for just one second, if you slowed everything down, you just might catch it – you might hear God say it – “There is time.”

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry; wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry. Habukkuk 2:3