‘THE VISION IS…FOR AN APPOINTED TIME…THOUGH IT TARRY, WAIT FOR IT; BECAUSE IT WILL SURELY COME.’ HABAKKUK 2:3

God is a God of order; everything He does is by appointment. An appointment is simply a meeting or event that has already been set up. God has a scheduled time for bringing to pass two things in your life: His promises and His purpose. You can count on that! Whatever you’re going through today, there’s peace in knowing that nothing the enemy does will preempt these two things. The problem arises when we try to rush God’s timing. When the Lord gives you a promise it’s like a seed; it needs time to take root and bear fruit. Every mother knows the order – first the seed, then the pregnancy, then the development within the womb, and finally the day of delivery. And what does she do during this time? Prepare! She gets ready for the joys and responsibilities of parenthood for when her due date arrives that little one announces, ‘Ready or not, here I come!’ The Psalmist writes: ‘Don’t be impatient for the Lord to act! Keep traveling steadily along his pathway and in due season he will honor you with every blessing’ (Psalm 37:34 TLB). You must learn the difference between what you can do and what God can do. Fools rush in. If you don’t want to risk delaying the fulfillment of God’s plan for your life, learn to wait. The prophet said, ‘The vision is…for an appointed time…though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come.’ Each time you get anxious and impatient remind yourself, ‘My life cannot end without certain things happening. God said it and He will bring it to pass!’