March 18                                       Num 15 - 17

ELEVATION IN DUE SEASON

MEMORISE: ‘And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.’ (Gal 6:9)
READ: Job 42: 10 17

Ecclesiastes 3: 1 says: ‘To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…’ This is very true. Each and every one of us has his or her time. There is a time to lose and a time to receive. There is a time to go through tough terrain. There is a time for difficulties and problems to come our way. There is a time our expectations appear delayed. But as Scripture says, those light afflictions are but for a moment. They are not a permanent feature in our lives. They will also pass. Praise God!

David was in the mountains, watching over sheep. It never dawned on him that he could become the next king. After all, there was no king in his family. He never even desired or prayed for it. But one day, when they were looking for the next king, they came to fetch him from the mountains an anointed him. His day had come. Saul went looking for his father’s missing asses one day – unknown to him, he was to be chosen as king on the same day ( 1 Sam 9: 1- 21). Joseph was in prison for an offence he never committed. He was forgotten by Pharaoh’s servant, to whom he had ministered through his ability to interpret dreams. That servant was released. When his day came, without the assistance of anyone, God used the elements of time and chance to move him from prison to the throne.

Your day will come. Your time to eat bread without scarceness will come. Your day of promotion will come. The day you will carry your own baby from your own womb will come. That day can meet you in church, just as it happened to Zacharias (Luke 1: 5-20). If he had become discouraged that he was getting old and wondered about the delay, in spite of his faithful service to God, he would have left God’s service and missed his day. Do not allow anything to discourage you. The blessing may be delayed, yet wait for it, for when the day comes, nobody and nothing can stop that blessing. Stay in God’s will. Continue to serve God faithfully. Keep away from sin. Keep your faith alive. Your day will come sooner than you think!

ACTION POINT
Ask yourself: is there a night so dark that it was not followed by day?
No – your night will pass. Your day will dawn.