Times and Seasons
Jan 30th, 2006
via Priscilla Van Sutphin
Dan 2:21 NKJV And He changes
the times and the seasons; He
removes kings and raises up kings;
He gives wisdom to the wise and
knowledge to those who have
understanding.
[ Dan 2:21 21 World events are under his control. He removes kings and sets others on their thrones. He gives wise men their wisdom and scholars their intelligence. TLB ]
1 Thess 5:1-7 NKJV The Day of the Lord - But concerning the times and the seasons , brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. 4 But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. 5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober.
Acts 1:7-8 NKJV And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
“ I am from everlasting to everlasting. FOREVER and FOREVER will I be in control of all that goes on in the earth. It is I the Lord Your God Who changes the times and the seasons. It is I Who sits above the earth, and the people are like grasshoppers.
[ Isa 40:22a NIV He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers .]
I AM LIFE. I AM the ETERNAL ONE. I am Your FOREVER GOD, Your Forever LOVER. I am the Source of all you need, so come to ME , my beloveds and let me teach you wisdom. Let me direct your steps into the times and seasons you are in. Let me show you the way of understanding.
Many search to and fro and they want to know the times and seasons because they have concern for being in the will of the Almighty. In this I tell you the truth, that times and seasons are in My hands and I will show you only what you need to know. What will hurt you or corrupt you I will NOT show you. Keep and GUARD your heart against too much knowledge. For knowledge puffs up. Set your heart on PILGRIMAGE.
[ Ps 84:5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage . NIV ]
For you know that your life is but a vapor, here today and gone tomorrow.
So live each day as if it could be your last and you will do well. Live to make each day count in LOVE. Love is the greatest, so share love with those around you and know that as you do that, great mercy is poured out on all those you love, and on you as you trust in ME, for all you need. Know that this life is PROCESS. Maturity is PROCESS. You are on pilgrimage. This is NOT your home. But you are on the way to eternity, and heaven is your home. So do not hold on to the things of this earth. Do not set your heart on the things of this earth, on the systems of this earth. Do not presume anything beloveds.
Do not presume you will have tomorrow. Say, IF GOD says, then I will do this or that. But do not PRESUME that you know the times and seasons of your own life. I may show you the times you are living in. But take each day as it comes and appreciate it. Appreciate all that I am doing TODAY. Fill Your hearts with thankfulness by PRAISING and expressions of gratitude towards your heavenly Father for all He does TODAY. Humility recognizes that you are not in control. Humility recognizes that a greater One than you is in charge of your life and has say in what you do. When you come to ME, the ALMIGHTY ONE. Do not presume to know what I want you to do.
RECOGNIZE that I am the One who is Master, Who is Adonai. Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord I’ve said, and I will lift you up. Do not presume to know what I want WITHOUT ASKING - Without WAITING on ME. He who waits on the Lord will RENEW his strength. He will mount up with wings as eagles. He will run and NOT GROW WEARY . He will walk and not faint. Let Your Father be in charge. If MY SON only did what He saw ME doing, then how is it , that you take life in your own hands presuming to know better than I ? Do you not know ? Do you not understand ? Have you not seen that it is I Who made the heavens and the earth. It is I WHO formed you in the womb ? It is I Who cast the stars in the heavens ?
Surely if I Your heavenly FATHER , Who created you , and created all that is in the earth, am LORD of your life. Then that means you bow to MY WILL, MY WISHES, MY HEART in what you do. Does it not mean that you acknowledge ME as LORD ? So why then do YOU want to be LORD of your own life and call all the shots ? Why do you listen to man also to determine the times and seasons of your life. Is not your life in MY HANDS ? Should you not seek THE ALMIGHTY ONE to know direction for your life ?
The heart that is INDEPENDENT of Me, will succomb to the PRIDE OF LIFE. It is that simple. And pride corrupts and makes a person fall to many other things. Many are sick among you because they choose to be independent of Me. Do not think that you are a puppet, yet a lover even submits to the call of her Beloved. She doesn’t run the opposite direction but moves towards the object of her affection. Her longing is for him. If you love ME, I said, then obey ME. This is the true test of LOVE. Will you do what I want you to do ? Will you allow ME to order your life ? Will you WAIT on ME and not fall to presumption ? Come to ME when your heart is weary and I WILL GIVE YOU REST.”
Ps 104:19 NKJV He appointed the moon for seasons ; The sun knows its going down.
Ps 9:9 NKJV The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.
Ps 31:15 NKJV My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me.
Ps 62:8 NKJV Trust in Him at all times , you people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
Ezek 12:27-28 NKJV "Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.' 28 Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done," says the Lord GOD.'"
Gal 4:8-11 NKJV Fears for the Church - But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? 10 You observe days and months and seasons and years. 11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.
