In the course of transitioning to who God created has created me to be, I've experienced the frustration that comes with wanting things to occur within my set timeline.
A season of transition will greatly challenge this concept we call time.
God operates from eternity while we operate within the confines of 24 hour days. In Psalms 90:4, a thousand years to the Lord are as a (1) passing day, as brief as a few night hours. There’s such a glaring difference between our and God’s perception of time! No wonder the saying “though the Lord is fashionably late, He will surely deliver ”
My transition has been greatly affected by prophecy. Earlier on before the Holy Spirit did a work to deliver me from my timeline, I experienced frustration as a result of unmet timelines and expectations. Like Joseph, I initially thought that the Lord’s word and decrees concerning me would have in fact come to pass immediately.
After diligently studying God’s patterns in the Bible and with the help of the Holy spirit, I quickly learnt that most of the prophecies I'd received were God’s invitation to a training process. The prophecy just communicated to me the expected outcome of the training.
As is typical of any training program, there’s a curriculum. The instructor takes time to teach the students and He must assess their level of mastery of the content taught and competence at various stages. It took 6 years of study, various assessments and internships to become an attorney. There were one or two moments where I had to rethink my life choices wondering what I got myself into in the first place!
I've experienced a few frustrating moments while enrolled in the Lord’s training program. In late March this year, I felt like a particular prophetic word concerning my life was due to come to pass. In my opinion, I had diligently gone through ‘all' there was in the training curriculum so I did not understand the reason for the ‘delay’. I was 100% convinced that I was ready…. until I realised I was barely ready. In fact I was UNREADY if there’s such a word.
I went through a whole plethora of emotions, mostly frustration and a bit of anger caused by disappointment when the word did not come to pass within the timeframe I had thought it would. The Holy Spirit quickly rolled up the portion of the curriculum that I hadn't yet done and that’s how I found myself enrolled in the ‘school of forgiveness 3.0’…I now know what open heart surgery without anaesthesia feels like because by the end of April all I knew is that I experienced deliverance from deep hurt and pain.
It's now 10 months since I received the prophetic word which is yet to come to pass , but I'm so grateful to the Lord that it didn't come to pass when I wanted it to in March! Having gone through the remaining part of the curriculum I behave like well tempered chocolate. I know without any doubt in my mind that if the Lord has said something He himself will surely bring it to pass (Isaiah 46: 8-11) so I don’t worry about the timeline anymore.
I've settled myself in the peace that comes with operating within His will, plan and purpose for my life and the reassurance that He holds my times and seasons in His hands (Psalms 31:15)
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