Day 208

Isaiah 58:1-63:14. “The Right Time”

         A sign over a clock in school read, “Time will pass.  Will you?”
         Many of this week's passages have been providing us with unique perspectives on time, past and future.  Yet at the close of chapter 60 we have one of the best statements about time: “I, the LORD, will bring it all to pass at the right time.”  It’s not just the aspect of perfect timing, but it is also the facet of the perfect controller, the LORD.  Man will not bring it to pass at the perfect time.  Neither creation nor chance will bring it to pass at the right time.  Only God can bring it to pass at the right time, and only God knows what to bring and how to bring it to pass at the right time.
         There is a “right time” for everything, whether it is for us personally this week or for all of mankind 1,000 years from now.  Although I may have my struggles from time to time with impatience or discontentment, I truly am genuinely glad to know God has the timing for everything all figured out.

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?