-On Time-

Have you ever been late for something? Rhetorical question. Of course you have. What about 76 years late? That’s just how late Mark McKee was in returning a library book. According to AP news, when Mark was 13 years old he checked out “A Dog of Flanders” from the Mount Clemens Public Library. Mr. McKee, now 89, came across the book recently & decided to do the right thing: return it. Fortunately for him the Michigan Library isn’t charging him a late fee!

That’s nowhere near the tardiness of an overdue book from George Washington. The first President checked out a copy of “The Law of Nations” in 1789. After the nation’s oldest library made the discovery of the absent book, the Mount Vernon estate of the late President returned a copy of the missing tome. Again, fortunately the overdue charge of $300,000 was waved!

The recent storm/snow fronts didn’t come in quite ‘on time’ either. They weren’t exactly as weather forecasts predicted, but just as God ordained. He’s never late.

While WE might be late for a class, job, meeting, or appointment, God is NEVER late. He might not be on OUR schedule or act as we would like Him to, but He is right ‘on time.’ Besides, He invented time!

This Sovereign God is ordering & accomplishing all He designs. That’s not always to our liking or even pleasant to us. It is, however, what’s best for all of mankind. I can’t imagine the chaos if we were to determine the order & execution of eternity.

Jesus, Who touched down & lived among us on this blue marble, will return for His people just as promised. I’ve heard that my whole life. Thing is, it’s closer to happening than ever before.

“At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords. He alone can never die, and He lives in light so brilliant that no human can approach Him. No human eye has ever seen Him, nor ever will. All honor and power to Him forever! Amen.”
I Tim 6:15-16 NLT

I suppose the real question is, if He really is ‘on time’ at His return (assuredly He WILL be!), are we ready? I want to live as if Jesus were returning today. I’d say we’d be ‘on time’ to follow after God’s heart. We’d be right ‘on time’ to invest our lives in God & His purpose today.

Dave Jackson on facebook
ASUN website www.bcmasunewport.org
Cell: 870-217-9376
Dave Jackson-Campus Minister djackson@absc.org
Dave’s Desk - http://bcmasunewport.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/davejacksonnewport.