All power in heaven, on earth, and underneath the earth belongs to God. He upholds everything in His hand. In fact, He displayed His power in the rescue of the Israelites from over 400 years of slavery and ensured that they did not go empty-handed. He gives power to His people to get wealth.
Psalm 62:11 says, “God has spoken once; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God.”His enemies submit through the greatness of His power. No one can stand before Him. Our God is great and mighty in power. He gives power to those who need it and ask for it, no matter how small or faint they may be.
Just as a potter has power over the clay to make it whatever he desires, so God has power over His creation. He displays His power as it pleases Him. He sometimes endures with much longsuffering toward some, but it would be a mistake for anyone to think this is because He is powerless.
God directed that everyone should be subject to higher powers, because there is no power except that which comes from God. The powers that exist are ordained by Him. They are prearranged and unalterable; they are decreed. Therefore, if you disobey those in authority, you are actually disobeying God, even if you are born again. Knowing that God installs all kings and leaders, we should take heed of what Apostle Paul said in 1 Timothy 2:1–2. He urged us earnestly to pray, intercede, and give thanks for them, because their decisions have an effect on us.
So if God truly has all power, He who kills and makes alive, and in whose hands are the hearts of all people, including kings, directing them wherever He wills, why then are your prayers sometimes unanswered, even though you are His child? There may be many reasons, but today I want us to look at one important reason: timing.
Time is the inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events. It is the appropriate moment for things, taking into account what has happened before and what is yet to come. From this, we understand that certain events must occur before others. Ecclesiastes chapter 3, verses 1–8, tells us that there is a time for everything.
If you have not gone through stages one, two, or three and expect God to take you straight to stage four simply because you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, that will not happen. Each stage of time and season has its own lessons, knowledge, and growth. Skipping any stage or season will lead to a crash, and God loves you too much to allow that.
A minister of God once said, “What you are praying and fasting for is also looking for you, but not this version of you.”Genesis 8:22 tells us there is seedtime and harvest. Depending on the harvest you desire, the seed must first be planted, followed by a period of growth, germination, sprouting, and maturity, before the harvest can come. Seeds grow into plants and produce fruit only with the right nutrients and proper timing.
God’s power is not limited, but your growth can affect what you are able to receive. There is nothing wrong with His ability to give you what you desire; there is always a set time with God (Psalm 102:13). The responsibility of every believer is to be ready when that set time comes, their own appointed time.
You cannot use another person’s timeline to measure your own. This is one of the reasons why two individuals born on the same day, from the same womb, do not end up with the same outcomes. Your set time is very important.
It is very dangerous for an individual not to know his timing. It can lead to untold hardship and many years of setback. Jesus Christ cried twice: first at the tomb of Lazarus, and secondly over Jerusalem in Luke chapter 19, verses 42–44.
Knowing your timing and working with it will reveal what belongs to you and make accessing it easy. God said His people perish for lack of knowledge, not lack of anointing or power, but lack of knowledge.
Seek to know, and then war with that knowledge in prayer, fasting, and faith. You will succeed in Jesus’ name.