“…that there would be no more delay.”
Revelation 10:6c
If you were around in the 1980’s, you might remember Psalty the Singing Songbook. He was the lead character in a children’s musical called the Music Machine. Our children’s choir performed it, and one of the key songs that this blue songbook sang was “In His Time.” This was not published as a children’s song but was widely sung then and today. (The lyrics will be at the end of this devotional, as well as a link to the online song.) The LORD reminded me of this song as I prayed about this devotional.
As we study Revelation, we begin to seriously wonder when this all is going to happen. Are we in the end times? What exactly happens first? We focus on the when, the time, the eschatological order of events, and whether we have a part in it. Let’s talk for a few moments about the word ”time.” In the New Testament, the word time is used for two different Greek words, chronos and kairos. Chronos is used 54 times and is what we live in currently, the sequence of seconds, minutes, days, etc. Kairos is used 86 times and has a totally different meaning. It focuses on the quality and significance of the appointed times when God acts. Mark 1:15 is one of these uses: “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news.” This Kairos is the fulfillment of God’s promise and it was in His time. We want the chronos and God gives us Kairos. All of these things will happen in His time, and God wants us to trust in His Kairos calendar. When the angel says in Revelation 10:5-7 that there would be no more delay, then this will all happen in God’s time.
It is not wrong to want to know the chronos time. The disciples asked Jesus, “Tell us, when will these things happen?” Mark 13:4. While Jesus gave them clues, He also said not to focus on the hour but to “Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.” Mark 13:33
God’s invitation to us is trusting His timing in His calendar. Praying that these lyrics will remind you that God is faithful to do all He says He will.
In His Time
In His time, in His time
He makes all things beautiful
In His time
Lord, please show me every day
As You’re teaching me Your way
That You do just what You say
In Your time
Lord, my life to You I bring
May each song I have to sing
Be to You a lovely thing
In Your time.
In Your time (in Your time)
In Your time (in Your time, Lord)
Be to You a lovely thing
In Your time.
In His Time https://youtu.be/VbFUPFl6qu4?si=eYT7DG2YoCxNjoJV)
Francie Overstreet
EFCC Member