Soul Snack S9/8 ... Having Time for Time
"For the revelation waits an appointed time…though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and not delay." Hab 2:3
Around 680BC the God of Heaven is dealing with complaints from His prophet on earth, Habakkuk. God patiently explains that His acts and His plans are entirely deliberate.
The God of Heaven is no ‘last minute merchant'. God seizes time in brackets. These He calls seasons. To us it spells finiteness, direct from the eternal.
God both opens and closes seasons. He acts in ‘appointed times'. God's pre-determinations are guaranteed. For Habakkuk his time for complaint will cease. This God promises.
Seasons deliver a time of correctness for an activity. A valuable activity in one season can become valueless in the next. God has also shown to man a place without appointed time. This place has no seasons.
Heaven is the opposite of earth. It is a place where I will NEVER be out of fashion. (My 16 yr old daughter will forever be grateful). No season is ever new. But, it is always accountable. Each season is to be lived correctly. Then the ensuing one is arrived at well and unhindered. The ultimate season I must get correct is life on earth. The quiet soul that sees in seasons will always look 1st to ‘that appointed day.'