Habakkuk 2:3  ‘Though it tarry wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

DAILY READING –  Revelation 11; Esther 1; Psalm 105:1-25

3,000 years ago, Jewish prophets wrote of how the land of Israel would be transformed. For instance Isaiah 27:6, prophesied about a future restoration of Israel saying, ‘He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root, Israel shall blossom and fill the face of the world with fruit.’ This prophecy was made by Isaiah about 2700 years ago. But after he made that prophecy, there was nothing in Israel’s history at the time that would suggest that such prophecy would ever come to pass. In fact, everything suggested otherwise. In AD 70, Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed and the Jews were carried into exile. And for almost 2000 years afterwards the Jews were scattered all over the world among the nations. During that period, nothing like the tribe of Israel existed anymore. Their land was taken over by the Arabs and the name of the region was changed to Palestine. For about 2000 years, Israel was in exile, scattered to different parts of the world.  However in the twentieth century we saw the re- establishment of the state of Israel, and the return of the Jewish people to the Land. To date, there are close to 7.5 million Jewish people who call Israel their home. Many have returned there since the country’s re-establishment in 1948. Their presence is an incredible testimony of the faithfulness of God’s Word.

The Word God spoke through prophet Isaiah is finding fulfillment. Israel is indeed blossoming, being one of the leading nations in technology and innovation today. Practically also, Israel is indeed filing the face of the world with fruits as one of the highest producers and exporters of fruits and flowers in the whole world today. 2700 years after Isaiah made that prophecy, it is coming to pass. This is yet another evidence of the infallibility of God’s Word.

What God says He will do, He will surely do; God is not man that He should lie, neither the son of man that He should repent. Has He said it? He will surely make it good. This should be an encouragement to you, that as long you stay in faith, the promises of God concerning you will surely find fulfillment. It’s not enough to just trust God, you have to also trust his timing. There is an appointed time for the promise of God to be fulfilled in our lives. 

Hebrews 6:12 says  that it is through faith and patience that we inherit the promises. Many times we are the ones that move before God’s Word arrives for fulfillment. Moses, as a young man,  knew he was supposed to deliver the Israelites. He had the promise, but he didn’t have the patience. And so he got in a hurry and moved out of God’s timing and killed a man. As a result  he had to spend 40 years in the desert all because he got out of God’s timing.

We need to be sensitive to God’s timing so that we don’t move out of His perfect plan  for us. We become sensitive to through deeply studying The Word and a lifestyle of constant prayers. It is important that we wait for God’s time for His Word to be fulfilled in our lives. God may not be early, yet He is never late, He is always on time. His timing is always perfect because He is working with a divine blueprint that will cause everything to work together for our good. As Habakkuk 2:3 says, ‘Though it tarry wait for it, because it will surely come, it will not tarry.’ As His promise came to pass at the appointed time over Israel, so shall it come to pass concerning you!

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to wait for Your promise, enable me to rest in You until Your word is fulfilled in my life in Jesus Name.

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God’s promises in Christ in your life may appear delayed, but never forget that delays are not denials.  WORDBITE 222.