GOD IS STILL WORKING; HIS CALENDAR IS NOT SHUTTING DOWN

Has anyone else noticed that this year appears to have run too fast? It appears to be in a hurry to shut down. Sadly, as the year hurries to its end, some of us are getting into a panic and even sad. We are worried because our expectations are yet unmet, goals still pending and yet the year isn’t waiting. Please calm down; there is enough time for God to move to bring to pass His word. For some, it appears nothing they trusted God for this year has come to pass and they feel like they are exactly where they were at the beginning of the year so that they have good reasons to be anxious; they also feel the need to try in their strength to see what can still be done in these last days of the year. Again I say, God does not need all the time in the world to do what He needs to do. I do not say this to excite you; it is truth. Moreover, you are more likely to make wrong decisions when of anxiety.

Generally, all over the world, the countdown has started and the joy of some is already beginning to evaporate because all they see are the things pending and they are thinking – if they have not come to pass in the past ten months, is two months enough to get them done? Yes it is, He may have even started work a long time ago. The devil’s trick is to cause us to lose hope so that we kill our expectations for the year ourselves. We close on the year even before it actually shuts down and lie to ourselves that it is the smart thing to do but is it really? Even the world teaches that ‘it is not over until it is over’ so why close the year before it closes when you still have some things pending? Does that make sense?

I have often worried about the fact that God does not live in time so that He may not understand why time is of essence to me and so may be taking His time. I have since realized that those thoughts are not only daft but very human and God is not a man; though our calendar closes at the end of the year and His is endless, He is sensitive to the fact that we live in time. You would recall that time is often recorded in the bible so God is well aware of and works with our timing. He even had to interfere with our time to ensure that Joshua was given enough time to defeat the enemies of Israel. He understands the constraints of dwelling in time and He will never be late. He is not a lazy God and will not procrastinate so He is always ‘right on time’; though I must admit that I often wish He would be a little earlier. 

Isaiah 12: 3 “with joy you will drink deeply from the fountain of salvation!”

At this time, I want to encourage you to take your focus off the fact that the year is coming to an end and keep your eyes on the God that is control of time and is able to hold the calendar for you and I. Do not let anything, whether circumstances, time or even the enemy still your joy; for therein lies your strength. You need that joy to draw good things from the wells of salvation. Don’t let the fact that companies are winding down business for this year cause your hopes to be wound down; He is not winding down business for the year until He has completed all His promises for this year and He can even keep the companies open for you just so that you can get what is yours this year.

Philippians 4: 6 “Don’t worry about anything; pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.”

Don’t be anxious and if you do get anxious, remember to cast your cares on Him. Let me assure you, there is plenty of time left for Him. He only has to speak it, and it is done.