I believe that the Lord is going to help us and grant us understanding (1st Chronicles chapter 12 vs. 32) I used to think God dwells in the realm of eternity until I understood what eternity was, then I found out that God does not dwell in eternity, he dwells in a dimension that only he can define. Eternity is time, just that, it is time that is limitless, and every time you compress God to time you insult his sovereignty, he does not dwell in eternity. Eternity means the summation of infinite dispensations, one dispensation connecting another, but they are still time-dependent. He dwells in a realm that the Bible simply describes as unapproachable light, the Bible says, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, meaning he was in neither of them, he constructed this dimension of his kingdom and allocated a mystery called times and seasons.
The Bible says, he made the stars also, having made the sun and the moon, then the Bible says he made the stars, and that the assignment of the stars, among other things, is to signify seasons, which means that they can guide up into times and seasons, so it is true that God does not dwell in time, but he designed man and limited man to function within the circumference of time, that means the greatest gift man has, second only to salvation, is time, and if you understand times and seasons, and you know how to align to the possibilities that come with times and seasons, then you can walk in victory.
The Bible is very clear about the fact that all things are not possible every time, you may plant during the dry season, as we have in our region here, but you are not guaranteed to have a bumper harvest if you will have one at all because there is an advantage that comes with the rainy season, it saves you the rigor of looking for water, the season was designed with that advantage in view, so if you desire a bumper harvest your assignment is to continue to look at the weather, and find a time when your desire collides with the season that supplies an advantage, with minimal effort you will plant during the rainy season and you will find out that your crops will grow, because part of the possibilities and the advantage that comes with that season is rain you can outsource a system during the dry season to supply water but it will be at a cost that means that not all seasons carry the same possibilities.
It is important we understand, that every time a season comes, there is always, what God is doing, he’s not always doing the same thing all the time, and he has his emphasis. We see in the Bible, Gabriel appears to people to introduce seasons, the archangel that introduces seasons, he comes to Daniel to introduce a new season, he comes to Mary, the virgin, to announce that she’s about to be with child and that will usher another season, times and seasons, (1st Chronicles chapter 12 vs 32) the Bible says, and the children of Issachar, which were men that had an understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, it says, the heads of them and all their brethren were at their command, what was their advantage, they understood the times, to know what Israel ought to do.
My assignment, by the wisdom of the spirit, is to be able to guide us, to know what times, and that in a time like this, what is the posture, what is the response, what is the advantage, that this season comes with for the believer.
Apostle Joshua Selman Nimmak
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