Timing is everything! A simple statement that we have all heard. If I throw a line with a hook into the river where the salmon are rushing upstream to spawn and the fish is passing by my special spot with its mouth open and my line and hook enter that one inch opening of the fishes mouth as it passes by, I will most likely catch a salmon!
While timing was involved in the catch, it isn’t what caught the fish. It was a hook …. attached to a line …. attached to a reel, attached to a rod, held by my freezing hands. And, why was I there in the first place …. at that spot …. at that time of day …. at that time of year ??? Because I was told by an elderly fisherman that I would catch salmon there. And where was I when he told me all this? Thousands of miles away, three years before I finally took the trip and followed his instructions. And sure enough, …. I caught salmon … a lot of salmon!!!
When God speaks to me and gives me His word about something or issue; When does His word come true? Or …. Is it already true? When the elderly fisherman told me I would catch salmon there I didn’t keep asking him over and over, asking him to give me a new word. I knew his word was true at the time because I knew him and trusted him. However, there was one thing he didn’t tell me at first and I had to stay in touch with him especially as the days drew near or I would have never caught a salmon. The key to the fulfillment of my dream and of his word was in the timing …… A two week window when the schools of salmon arrive and the tides come in.
God’s word is true the minute he speaks it. I don’t have to keep asking Him about it. If I try to fulfill His word to me in my way and timing, nothing good happens. If I stay in touch with Him on a daily basis, He will let me know ….. It is in My fullness of time and today is the day …. today is your day!!! The tide is coming in bringing the promise!!! I can either wander away and not wait OR I can Stay alert, Be ready, Keeping in touch, Keeping my lamp lit, And I will Enter into the joy of the promise!!