The Prophetic Word - Day 10: Don’t miss your moment.
- May 3, 2023
- 3 min read
“But they presumed to go up to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from the camp. Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt in that mountain came down and attacked them, and drove them back as far as Hormah.”
Numbers 14:44-45 NKJV
As we discussed in our Word of the Day series on “The Year of Realization,” when Esther expressed reluctance to approach the king concerning the plot of Haman, Mordecai said this to her:
“And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews. For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?””
Esther 4:13-14 NKJV
Mordecai was sure that God would bring help to the Jews even if Esther didn’t do what she was sent to do; but, Esther would have missed her appointment.
We often reference the sad occasion when Jesus said this about Jerusalem:
“For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
Luke 19:43-44 NKJV
In Jesus Christ, God personally visited the Jews, offering them the salvation they had been seeking. But, when they did not recognize that He was their answer, that opportunity was missed, leaving them to face terrible destruction.
On Day 6 of “The Prophetic Word” we referenced Esau in talking about not letting delay cause you to forfeit your promise. Let’s consider the commentary offered by the writer of Hebrews concerning Esau‘s selling of his birthright:
“lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.”
Hebrews 12:16-17 NKJV
Here, the writer of Hebrews points out the fact that Esau could not go back and regain his birthright. What was done,
was done.
In the parable of the wise and foolish virgins Jesus instructs that there is a time when it becomes too late. Too late for what? In this case, too late to go to the wedding.
In our opening scripture we see that the children of Israel, having rejected the command to go take the Promised Land, now presumptuously decide to go and do what they formerly refused to do. But, now it’s a day late and they are a dollar short. The Lord would not go with them. Yet, rather than listening to Moses’ admonition for them not to do so, they went and experienced a great defeat.
Now, today’s word is not an attempt to in any way take away from God‘s forgiveness and His new mercies given every day. But, the fact is that there are specific appointments in God‘s plan, specific events that will take place at specific times. And, if the first person who was called to be a part of that move, refuses or is indecisive, the Lord will move on to someone else. His will, will not be thwarted just because we can’t decide or we won’t believe. Our moment, our opportunity to do that thing, may well be gone.
Whereas the missing of an opportunity will not necessarily lead to the losing of your salvation, it certainly will be the losing of that particular opportunity.
Dear friend, let us stay sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit and keep our faith built up. In that way we will be ready to do what we may be called to do, when we are called to do it. Failing to do so, could mean that we have missed our moment.
Peace to you.
Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!
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