SEASONS
AND TIMES
By
Pr. James Victor Lubwama
Before God works for you, He first releases a word; and between him giving and you receiving there is a time frame. In that time frame God isn’t delaying you but preparing you for what is coming; and roaming around looking for someone to bring your package or request. God uses people; and He does so by convicting or burdening someone to give you what you prayed for or desire. Some people accept and procrastinate, others defy the instruction, but He keeps roaming around and struggling for you till He finds a humble person to execute the conviction.
As your miracle or request delays, the devil chips in to bring confusion and hopelessness, and eventually you start to grumble, but as all this happens you have to play your part for your miracle to arrive in the designated season. When God says he has given you, you immediately start to bind spirits, strongholds, principalities and all powers of darkness that can delay your miracle and as you wage a spiritual warfare and fight these spirits, the devil weakens.
When you are hopeless and discouraged, your heart is shattered and the wise thing to do is to go to church because that’s where you can get medicine to heal it. The word of God is medicine to an aching-disappointed heart, and in His house, you receive an encouraging living word.
The time between when God speaks and you receiving your miracle is the most difficult time in our salvation journey. The devil uses the scary surrounding circumstances and discouraging delays to make you lose hope and faith in God's word, all because he knows that the spirit of fear leads to failure. The bible warns in Proverbs 10:24 that; “The fear of the wicked will come upon him, and the desire of the righteous will be granted.” When you develop fear, what you dread comes upon you; but the bible says in 2 Timothy 1:7; “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” We have to be courageous even when the situation is bleak; knowing and confident in God and His word that we shall breakthrough, because He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world - 1 John 4:4.
b) Can your hands remain Strong?
He trusted and had hope in God and, he finally begot a child but he never stopped serving God. Actually the angel of the Lord appeared to him as he was burning incense – serving the Lord (Luke 1:8). His hands were still strong and serving God before he was established or realised his prophesy.
Do you have a Rhema word or prophesy? God's word is authentic, powerful and alive; even though the Lord hasn’t established you or perfected that which concerns you, be encouraged in your heart, for God will fulfill what he promised. Don’t allow your hands to become feeble. If they had relaxed, restructure and do what you used to do when you were still hopeful. A hopeful mind is strong and enthusiastic.
Whenever God speaks, he fulfills but before he does so, there is resistance and challenges from the devil. Why? Everything that comes to this world is fought by the principality of this world not to descend but God overcomes because whatever is born of God overcomes the world (1 John 5:4). The devil fights because he feels he is the ruler of the world. Jesus said in John 14:30 that; - “I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me.” What comes from Jesus is above the devil. Satan cannot govern what is born and governed by God. He has no hold on our property, life, future and family.
When Jesus was born, Herod wanted to kill Him but because of God, he didn’t succeed. Jesus grew up and became the King of kings. Even 100 Herods won’t be able to kill what God planned and purposed for your life, it will blossom and be established
If God spoke, keep confessing and reminding him. Be strong, be encouraged, be hopeful and you will overcome. We overcome with the word of God!
Ezekiel
22:14 (NKJV)
“Can your heart endure or can your hands remain strong
in the days when I shall deal with you? I, the Lord, have
spoken, and will do it.”
Every
time you pray to God, He hears and then answers, but before He answers, He first
sends his word to clarify whether; you wait, go ahead, not yet or He remains silent.
The answer can be
received through;
- Sermon. What is being preached in a church service. You get to know this when the message sinks deeply into your heart and you get a revelation.
- Visions. He causes a vision and you get to see yourself in what you were praying for.
- Dream. By dreaming about what you were praying for; and when you come out a God inspired dream, you wake up because God expects you to write it down before the devil steals it. Habakkuk 2:2 “…….Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it.”
- Prophesy. The Holy Spirit inspires the preacher to speak forth the heart of God thus confirming what you were desiring or praying for.
This is a confirmation of God's word to rescue His sons and daughters. The bible says in Psalms 107:20 that: “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
After He has spoken, you delightfully become expectant, but that time frame between when the word was spoken and you receiving what you were praying for isn’t easy. The devil rises to kill or prevent you from entering into what the Lord has spoken. He creates scenarios that cause you to doubt what the Lord told you. This when you have to bear the fruit of patience and begin to confess these scriptures as you wait upon the Lord;
After He has spoken, you delightfully become expectant, but that time frame between when the word was spoken and you receiving what you were praying for isn’t easy. The devil rises to kill or prevent you from entering into what the Lord has spoken. He creates scenarios that cause you to doubt what the Lord told you. This when you have to bear the fruit of patience and begin to confess these scriptures as you wait upon the Lord;
- Psalms 89:34-35; “My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips. 35 Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie….:”
- Numbers 23:19; “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?”
Before God works for you, He first releases a word; and between him giving and you receiving there is a time frame. In that time frame God isn’t delaying you but preparing you for what is coming; and roaming around looking for someone to bring your package or request. God uses people; and He does so by convicting or burdening someone to give you what you prayed for or desire. Some people accept and procrastinate, others defy the instruction, but He keeps roaming around and struggling for you till He finds a humble person to execute the conviction.
As your miracle or request delays, the devil chips in to bring confusion and hopelessness, and eventually you start to grumble, but as all this happens you have to play your part for your miracle to arrive in the designated season. When God says he has given you, you immediately start to bind spirits, strongholds, principalities and all powers of darkness that can delay your miracle and as you wage a spiritual warfare and fight these spirits, the devil weakens.
Let’s
explore the two parts of the scripture; Ezekiel 22:14 - “Can your heart endure, or can your hands remain strong…”
a)
Can your heart endure?
All
those delays and confusion are brought about by the devil. He targets you at
times by using those around you to mock and challenge you thus piercing your
heart; however, you must be courageous because God is faithful, trustworthy and He
fails not. Take courage and guard the hope in your heart by going to church to hear God’s word. Proverbs
4:20-21 (NKJV) teaches; “My son, give
attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. 12
Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them
in the midst of your heart.”
When you are hopeless and discouraged, your heart is shattered and the wise thing to do is to go to church because that’s where you can get medicine to heal it. The word of God is medicine to an aching-disappointed heart, and in His house, you receive an encouraging living word.
The time between when God speaks and you receiving your miracle is the most difficult time in our salvation journey. The devil uses the scary surrounding circumstances and discouraging delays to make you lose hope and faith in God's word, all because he knows that the spirit of fear leads to failure. The bible warns in Proverbs 10:24 that; “The fear of the wicked will come upon him, and the desire of the righteous will be granted.” When you develop fear, what you dread comes upon you; but the bible says in 2 Timothy 1:7; “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” We have to be courageous even when the situation is bleak; knowing and confident in God and His word that we shall breakthrough, because He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world - 1 John 4:4.
All
those hope draining situations are used by the devil to kill your faith but
those who are faithful overcome even when their hearts are pricked. Paul says in
2 Timothy 4:7; “I
have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” How do you keep your faith?
By confessing and believing what that Lord told you. When you go into God’s house, what He told you is energized by what
is preached.
b) Can your hands remain Strong?
Why
hands? They represent service. If you haven’t yet received what you are praying for or what was prophesied upon your life,
your passion for service or ministry may go down and slowly you withdraw from
ministry responsibilities amidst a grumble-some mind; the one who used to serve and offer diligently retracts; but we should be like Zechariah who even
without child, kept on working his routine because he knew that he was created for service. Luke 1:5-13 (ESV) says;
"In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. 8 Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.”
"In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. 8 Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense.11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.”
He trusted and had hope in God and, he finally begot a child but he never stopped serving God. Actually the angel of the Lord appeared to him as he was burning incense – serving the Lord (Luke 1:8). His hands were still strong and serving God before he was established or realised his prophesy.
Do you have a Rhema word or prophesy? God's word is authentic, powerful and alive; even though the Lord hasn’t established you or perfected that which concerns you, be encouraged in your heart, for God will fulfill what he promised. Don’t allow your hands to become feeble. If they had relaxed, restructure and do what you used to do when you were still hopeful. A hopeful mind is strong and enthusiastic.
Don’t focus on the current surrounding situation. Even
though it’s factual, it cannot prevent or determine your tomorrow because we don’t
walk by sight but by faith, and that faith is in God and His word and that is where
our hope is anchored. What God says is always the opposite of your current state of affairs, history or the surrounding situation. If the surrounding and the doctor's report says you going to die, the Lord says with long life He
will satisfy you (Psalms 91:16), then the rest is invalid because what the Lord
says matters - ignore the rest and; 1) Believe God and have faith in His word. 1 Thessalonians 5:24 – “He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it”, 2) Believe his servants (Isaiah 44:26 – “Who
confirms the word of His servant, and performs
the counsel of His messengers ;…..…..”
Whenever God speaks, he fulfills but before he does so, there is resistance and challenges from the devil. Why? Everything that comes to this world is fought by the principality of this world not to descend but God overcomes because whatever is born of God overcomes the world (1 John 5:4). The devil fights because he feels he is the ruler of the world. Jesus said in John 14:30 that; - “I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me.” What comes from Jesus is above the devil. Satan cannot govern what is born and governed by God. He has no hold on our property, life, future and family.
When Jesus was born, Herod wanted to kill Him but because of God, he didn’t succeed. Jesus grew up and became the King of kings. Even 100 Herods won’t be able to kill what God planned and purposed for your life, it will blossom and be established
Be encouraged, even though you are hindered,
you will overcome. David says in Psalms 192:2 - “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.” The
reason you haven’t been defeated is because God has prepared Salvation for you.
There is no prophesy which is not challenged, there is nothing that God speaks
which faces no resistance. Challenges, resistance and delays don’t mean that you
are defeated.
If God spoke, keep confessing and reminding him. Be strong, be encouraged, be hopeful and you will overcome. We overcome with the word of God!
Awesome! Been truely blessed.
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