IN GOD'S TIME

When one looks externally at their situation, it can often have a gloomy appearance at first glance. We, as Christians, must take a deep breath and step back to take another look, but not a glance, at our situation. Looking at any subject or object at first never seems to be what it truly is. This is a challenging task for all men. Somehow, to observe a matter takes great sacrifice and emptying of one’s soul, mind, and spirit.

Observation of others has always been quite easy but to observe our own situations or ourselves is a caviar. Our heavenly Father requires this most amazing development for Christians. We, too often, as a body of Christ, do not see the perfections that God has created in all men. We, as born-again believers, have the greatest opportunities and advantages over all creatures because God lives in us through his Son, Jesus Christ. Therefore, we must stop to see the true beauty that lies within and externally. God has predestinated and created everything on this earth to be beautiful. That would be me, you, and our situations. True beauty comes from God. Oh yes, beloved. We can attempt to beautify many things, and it is so. However, beauty is eternal, and it radiates from within. Beauty is not only aesthetic, but beauty is in every situation and even in one’s obstacles that attempt to hinder our courses in life.

Obstacles are purposed to discourage us and to remove our minds and hearts away from our Creator, God, who dwells in heaven. Obstacles are a very strong force, but they are not victorious with God’s beloved saints. We, as Christians, must understand that our heavenly Father has already made everything beautiful before we were created. God does not allow us to see all things at once. The just shall walk by faith. Therefore, as we walk by faith (Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen), our heavenly Father has put the world in our hearts so we may not know his plans for us. This marvelous conception will keep us prayerful, hopeful, and expecting the beautiful outcome of every situation in our lives. 

You have a beautiful life, beloved. It may not appear that way, but it is that way, and it’s true! Oh beloved, even in your worst situations, God will give you beauty for every loss in your life! Do not look at your situations, but look unto the Most-High! Look unto the rock of your salvation! Look unto our Savior, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords! It may not look like it on the outside.  You say, “why so long, God?”God will reveal his beauty in our situations and lives in the right season and in God’s time! 

May the grace of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, be with you all. Amen. 

Reverend Helen Trower

“ Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King” (PSALM 48:2).

“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified” (ISAIAH 61:3).

“ He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end” (ECCLESIASTES 3:11).