People are obsessed in America with timing. Prophetic words making declarations about this year or that year. Many wanting to be the first to say what God is speaking about something, years in advance.

In some ways I am thankful people hear so many prophetic words they forget what people prophesied by the time the date actually arrives, for more often than not it doesn’t happen the way they said it would. Many “prophetic” people are just exhorters speaking words of encouragement, they are not “prophets” in the biblical sense of hearing the voice of God and only speaking what He says. But we need them to exhort us, for we need encouragement.

I was in prayer this morning and the Lord spoke to me about our obsession, as charismatic people, with timing. The Holy Spirit nudged me saying, “concerning that day and hour no one knows” (Matthew 24:36). Then the Lord spoke to me and said, “I want my people focused on the truth I spoke, not the timing of when it will happen.” He continued, “I am not a man that I should lie” (Numbers 23:19).

When the Lord was done speaking to me about this, I had to repent for being more concerned about timing than about the truth He spoke. As I repented, I realized, when truth is my priority not timing, I learn about and lean into His character, His nature, and I learn I can rely on His word. When what He said is the priority, not when it will come to pass, my trust in Him is strengthened.

Friends, we are like little children in the backseat of a car asking our parents, “Are we there yet!” But the invitation is to grow up, enjoy the ride and know the truth that if God said it, it will come to pass. Our trust in the truth is what brings the joy, the manifestation of the promise and the timing of its arrival, God knows. If we lean into God and what He said, we will not fret over when, for we have come to know the Who! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org