“Martha said to Jesus, “My Lord, if only you had come sooner, my brother wouldn’t have died.”
The Holy Bible
John 11:21 TPT
The issue of time is a sensitive issue to many people because many things that happen in our lives are time sensitive. For example, pregnancy is time sensitive. Training in the university, your job, the burial ceremony, the tv programme – all these are examples of time sensitive things. Nobody ever spends the whole day and night at a wedding because there is a programme that gives information of the start and finish time of the wedding. No matter how nice the decoration is, how tasty the food was, how close you are to the bride and groom and you think they look beautiful, when it’s time to go home and wrap up the programme even the hosts must pack up and go. King Solomon puts it like this
“There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth:”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 MSG
Read it again. You’ll begin to understand why Sarah laughed. It was not a question of whether she heard the word or not, it was the fact that she considered “time” and with time, man gets older and older. Sarah has a valid excuse to laugh according to the natural man. Wouldn’t you laugh if you saw an old pregnant woman? And your thoughts will be “Why did she wait all this TIME, why didn’t she do it SOONER?” Soon is a measure of time. I am old is a measure of time. Speed is also a measure of time. Many believers do not believe the word of God after a certain “time” of expectation has passed. If you received a word for a new job and you expected it to happen on the 1st of May but the time passes and it is now the 23rd of May and all your applications have been rejected , man will sulk and question God why? Because man ties the word to time and we forget that Solomon says , the units of time are only for those on earth. There is a time and season for everything on earth! God is not time bound. He does not have the “master” time over His affairs. He is not an “old” God because He doesn’t count years like you do; He is still very relevant , in every season even stronger than you who was born just 20 years ago. The issue of time….
Mary and Martha are dealing with a crisis that is time sensitive. Lazarus is sick. I remember the time my uncle had cancer and they gave us the number of days he had left to live. The sickness had become lord over his time on earth as in the case of Lazarus. The fact that he was loved by Jesus and had sisters who were spiritual and in relationship with Jesus did not stop the the clock from ticking … closer and closer .. to death. Lazarus died. Your life on earth is time sensitive. You will not live forever even if you’re an Apostle or a Scientist, A wife or a Friend, time will not be on your side forever, one day it will be against you. According to the two sisters, the issue was not the sickness but that Jesus didn’t arrive sooner. “Lord if you had come yesterday; I’d have the fees money today”. .. “Lord if the wife came last year I’d be having kids right now” .. “Lord if you had come sooner, my mother would’ve been healed!” I bring you understanding today , the question of time works with man , it doesn’t work with God because time is the law for man, God operates by the Word! As long as there is Word ; it will not return to Him void!
God is not late. God is not unaware. God is not using the Apple Watch. God invented “time” by seasons, but the “clock and calendar” as we have , was invented by man. That is where the problem is. Man came in and created a system that tracks days for them. Man came in a created a law that makes people panic when its sensitivity threatens our peace. “It’s been too long” according to who? “I should have this by 25” says who? By His word , by faith or by the times of man? At what time did God create the stars? At what time did He think to give Abraham a child ? How old was Abraham according to God when He gave him the child? God does not work with the clock; He works with the Word and the right time. How hard it can be to trust in God’s timing. We are a people who want it and we want it now! And sometimes the behaviour of man when he wants something NOW, is almost like that of a brat. “I will sulk and bang my head against the wall so that l force my Mom to give me the ice cream NOW!”
Did you know that man’s time is not perfect? Try making the same meal twice, you’ll discover that at one time it took you just 30 minutes but you made the same meal again and this time it took you 25mins. Man lives on estimated time. God lives in eternity. God’s time is perfect . God already scheduled your life before you were born. You were born at the right time. You were born into an already planned life. Yes you want to get married in 2024; but do not think you should do it because “you’re late”. No. “Late” is a language of man , we speak Gods language. “At the right time”… let’s continue on this topic tomorrow as we worship.
I leave you with this; He is not late. You are either in a hurry or considering the time of the natural man. He will not come at 12 o’clock; He will come at the right time. You push yourself to depression if you consider things the way the natural man considers them. Mary and Martha, how did it feel when Jesus didn’t show up at the “time” you wanted Him to? Must’ve hurt. The truth is many are hurt because of the “delay” because Lazarus is either dying or dead. Sarah’s womb is dead. The business is dead. “Lord when will you show up! I’m not patient anymore. I’m breaking down. The clock is ticking!”
“He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.””
Psalms 46:10 NIV
Stillness shows that God cannot be controlled by our time. “Why am l to be still when I need to speed up somethings , I don’t have time” .. my love; trust God, just be still. Sarah shall surely carry her baby, not through a surrogate, but what one who was once called “a later comer” will “overtake”.
“All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.”
Psalms 104:27 NIV
Wait. ❤️