THE FAST-FORWARD BUTTON
By Pastor Suresh Dass Joseph
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Dear reader, it is with great joy that we bring you the word of God. We all have things in life that we want improved or changed. They are like mountains unwilling to move. We have prayed and had faith, but it looks like it won’t improve. It could be a health issue, an addiction, wanting to have a baby, or get married.
We feel that this situation will take a very long time, and we will have to endure it. But God says, “I am the Lord; when the time comes, I will do it quickly.” That means, though it looks like it will take a long time to get your health back, get married, and be promoted, then get ready, it will happen quickly. It is going to happen sooner than expected. Instead of taking years, just like the fast-forward button, it will happen quickly, and you will know it was God’s hand.
So, I am asking you to be filled with hope and be encouraged. The scriptures remind us that what is impossible with people is possible with God. Today, as you keep moving forward in faith and doing your part in living your life in obedience to God, you will come into your breakthrough season sooner than expected.
In the scriptures (Exodus 14), we read that when God brought the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, where they had been in slavery for many years, and they were moving towards the promised land, the king of Egypt came chasing after them. The Israelites numbered about two million people at the Red Sea’s dead-end, with nowhere to go.
It looked like the king and his army would overtake them at any moment. But then Moses held up his rod, and the waters parted, and the Israelites walked on dry ground to get across to the other side. When the king’s men came chasing, the waters closed up, and they were all drowned.
The scriptures say, “The Red Sea saw the Israelites coming and hurried out of their way.”
That means just like the Red Sea, when your time comes, the enemies that are holding you back from moving forward, those that are limiting you from progressing, the obstacles and hindrances in your life will quickly move out of the way. Suddenly, your health turns around, a door that had been shut for a long time opens, and your supervisor, restricting you from rising higher, leaves the company. God knows how to take things that look fixed and quickly shift them so that you can move forward.
Here are 3 things we can learn from these.
1) Everything will happen for you, quickly, and you will be thankful you didn’t give up. You are going to be celebrating something extraordinary soon. You will be so full of joy and happiness sharing your good news. It will seem like something out of this world, like how it happened. Be ready for it. Expect it. This is what happened to the Israelites. Moses assured the Israelites, saying, “Do not be afraid, but watch what the Lord will accomplish for you today.”
2) God is saying to you today, “I am going to open doors for you that have been locked for a long time. Suddenly, miracles will happen in your life. Healing and restoration are being released. For over 400 years, the Israelites were enslaved people in Egypt. But on the day appointed by God, they came out of it and started their journey towards the promised land.
3) It may look like your situation is never going to change. But in a split second, God can change it. When the Israelites came up to the Red Sea, it was deep and wide and impossible for all the people to get across. But the same God who told them to come out of Egypt also controls the Sea. When the Sea saw them coming, it quickly moved aside and let them pass. You may be facing something today that looks unchanging.
But the good news is that God is not only in control of your life, but He controls those who are opposing you. When your time comes, they will hear from God and move out of the way. That sickness that would last a lifetime suddenly disappears, and those who won’t let you rise higher suddenly retire. The loan that was denied several times suddenly gets approved.
I b elieve all this is possible through faith in Jesus Christ. As you keep moving forward in trusting and honouring God, you will come into a season where the doors that had been closed for a long time quickly open so you can move to your next season of God’s favour and goodness.
God bless you.
