IN THE FULNESS OF THE TIME (Part 1)



I suppose all of us know what it’s like to be late. Being late doesn’t seem to bother some people, but I really hate being late for anything. There are cultures, though, in which being late is the rule of the day. I’ve even heard that Pentecostal incorporate lateness as part of their theology. It has been said that Pentecostal believe in justification, regeneration and procrastination. I have certainly met some who are that way. Someone said that the reason the Lord hasn’t revealed the time of His Second Coming is that Pentecostal would be late.

Most of us know about working under the constraint of deadlines, especially when some import event is involved. We all have timetables. But did you know that God also has a timetable? Sometimes our timetables are the same as His and sometime as His, but often they are not. We want God to act right now; when, in His wisdom, He chooses to delay for our good. But, my friends, it is absolutely true that God is never early and He’s never late. He’s always right on time. It may not be “in our time,” but it is always “in His time,” which is the right time.

 In Galatians 4:4-7, we are told that “..when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son..” (v. 4). Isn’t that an amazing statement? Have you ever considered that there was a right time when Jesus should come? Does this mean that there was one time in all of history when all things were perfectly aligned for the coming of Jesus; and that there was no other time when He could have come? I believe that is precisely what the word teaches. Jesus came at just the right time.


Now, it should be important to us because just as Christ came at the perfect time, so God continues to work in our lives at the right time. In fact, perhaps today is the time in your life for God to move in a special way. Perhaps God wants to solve some problem in your life today. Perhaps Christ wants to give you today the answer you have been seeking. Perhaps God is telling you that today is the time for you to commit your life to Him. If so, let me encourage you to respond to Him today, and He will meet you..just in time!

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