In my walk with the Lord, over the past 25 years, I have heard many people teach that we are not bound by time. I have heard it taught that we can apply the word of God and cause a breakthrough in particular areas of our life. I have seen that principle work in my own life, however there have been times that no matter what I did, said, confessed or prayed, it did not turn out the way I thought – and not at the time I thought.
I have learned in my walk with God that some things are simply in HIS TIMING and there is no way around it. It doesn’t mean God will not bring us out to victory, it only means we have to wait on His timing.
Habakkuk 2:3 says; ‘For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.’
Has God given you a revelation, a dream or a vision that you have not seen come to pass? Has that dream or vision, over the years, dimmed to the point that you begin to believe it wasn’t really God after all? I know I had a couple of those, and they were huge dreams. I carried them in my heart for years, seeing nothing. I prayed over them, held onto them, believed God for them, and still nothing.
Over the years, it began to dim, to the point that I laid it aside and left it with the Lord. Frankly, I haven’t even thought much about it for the past few years, I simply went a different direction with ministry and let that dream die…or so I thought.
In John 12:24, Jesus said; In most solemn truth I tell you that unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains what it was–a single grain; but that if it dies, it yields a rich harvest.
I believe we have to allow some things to die, before they produce fruit. I had a large dream that had died….as I said earlier, or so I thought.
On Friday night I was listening to a friend and fellow minister’s recorded message. He said ‘do you have a dream or a vision from God, if not seek God for one.’ The moment he said ‘vision’ I heard the sound of a fireplace lighting…a gas fireplace. You know that sound it makes when you light the pilot light and the flame bursts forth? I heard that sound in my spirit and felt that old dream reignite in me once again. It really surprised me. It reignited and came alive in the blink of an eye.
All weekend it was as if the Lord was rebuilding that vision within me brick by brick. Day after day I could again see more and more of the vision the Lord had given me years ago.
However, God didn’t stop there, everything and I do mean everything I read was about dreams and dreaming again. Time and time again God confirmed His word to me this past weekend continuing the confirmations through Monday morning.
I know this one thing; God is reigniting dreams today. He is speaking to those dead bones and causing life to spring forth. I must say it again; I heard and felt it when it reignited in me. I can’t forget that sound or that feeling. God is doing the same thing for thousands of people right now in this season. If He has said build….get your drawing board out. If He has said expand…get your plans together. Allow God to reignite that dream in you.
The timing of the Lord is perfect. Over and over again in the Bible He tells us ‘when the fullness of time is come…’ Over and over again we see Him do exactly what He said He would do in His timing. This day is one of those days….the fullness of His timing….it’s time to brush off those old, dead dreams and visions…it is time for them to come to fruition and be fulfilled….it is TIME.
Jeremiah 29:11 says; For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
The good news is that God has a great and expected end for us – the great news is the timing, His timing, has come. Praise the Lord!
