We are in a season now when it is wise to take divine stock as we are heading the end of the biblical year in the midst of God’s cycle of blessing and will enter the new cycle soon.

 

When a time cycle in God’s calendar comes to an end, there is a door in midst of the LORD’S upward spiral of time. Every time a time cycle draws to a close in God’s calendar – this door announces the new time cycle and can be likened to an exit and entrance, which is open and is about to be closed.

 

In this case it is an exit, which closes down the old time cycle, but at the same time it is also an entrance in Christ Jesus into a new field of God’s time (cf. John 10:9).

 

John 10:9:
9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

 

Jesus Christ is the Alpha and Omega, and as such He is the time span of our lives in the temporary, covering this time. He is also the door through which we enter into a new, providing, temporary time in midst of the cycle of eternity. This is why the ending as well as the beginning of a biblical year have a special meaning (cf. Revelation 22:13; Deuteronomy 30:20 i.c.w. John 10:9).

Revelation 22:13:
13 I (Note: Jesus Christ) am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Deuteronomy 30:20 (NIV):
...20 and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life (Note: expansion of your life; Alpha and Omega), and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

John 10:9:
9 I (Note: Jesus Christ) am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture.

 

 

Such windows in time always end with God’s love and care, according to His measure – this is revealed in the meaning of the name of the current biblical month, ‘Elul’, which carries the first Hebrew letters of the first part of the verses from Song of Songs 6:3. They are connected to the deep love relationship with Jesus Christ, our king and bridegroom.

 

Song of Songs 6:3a:
3a I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine; …

 

This biblical month of ‘Elul’ is the month that finishes the year of God’s blessing cycle in order to enter into a new time cycle of blessing. When we as God’s people finish a year in God’s calendar and enter into a new time in Christ Jesus, it is wise to take stock in our personal life.

 

This includes ‘reminiscing’ about the year and thus bringing it to a close according to our reflections on decisions, situations and our intimacy with the Holy Spirit. As a result we should align ourselves accordingly for the new year.
This alignment should take place in the deep certainty, that we belong to Jesus Christ and He belongs to us. Even if there are things that we need to change in the future.

 

In connection with this matter, let us take a deeper look at the scripture in John 4:46-54.

 

 

There we can read about the visit of Jesus to Cana in Gallilee where He had before turned the water into wine during a wedding.

 

In this region He was met by a royal official whose son was terminally ill and who asked Jesus to heal his son.

 

Jesus healed the official’s son by telling him to go to his son because Jesus saw him alive. The official believed the words of Jesus, thus, on the way to his son, he heard the news about his healing through his servants.

 

It is clearly evident that the royal official had an understanding of the times and seasons, and therefore inquired about the time of his son’s healing (cf. John 4:46-54).

 

John 4:46-54:
46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son lay ill at Capernaum.
47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.
48 ‘Unless you people see signs and wonders,’ Jesus told him, ‘you will never believe.’
49 The royal official said, ‘Sir, come down before my child dies.’
50 ‘Go,’ Jesus replied, ‘your son will live.’ The man took Jesus at his word and departed.
51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living.
52 When he enquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, ‘Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.’
53 Then the father realised that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, ‘Your son will live.’ So he and his whole household believed.
54 This was the second sign Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

 

It is necessary that we build on the already established presence or glory of God in our lives, which has its seat in the covenant with God, as represented by the wedding where Jesus turned the water into wine (cf. John 2:1-12).

 

For us, it is beneficial to understand the geographical places as well as the times and seasons of God’s visitation and manifestation in order to celebrate His goodness in this moment in our present time and as well in the future.

 

In the story of John 4 we can see the interaction by faith of the present, past and future in order to celebrate the presence of God and His intervention before mankind.

 

It is written, that Jesus came from the region of Judea, which is an indication of the center of true worship, which is to worship the Father in spirit and in truth (cf. John 4:23-24).

 

John 4:23-24:
‘… 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshippers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshippers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshippers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.’
Furthermore, Jesus didn’t go down to the son of the royal official, but acted sovereignly from the high realm of the Heavenly Father.

 

 

=> That Jesus didn’t go down means that He operated from a higher spiritual realm.
Acting from above can be linked to a special moment in time, which is related to a new beginning.

 

God is calling us as His people to operate on a higher spiritual level than we have been.

 

Some of us have set our standards too low so that we only meet our own expectations but God wants us to set our standards higher according to His will. We should expect more for our lives and from our lives that God has given us.

 

The standard we set should be high in our expectations and in our vision in accordance with God.

 

We as humans nowadays live in a realm of thinking that wants to tell us that if we do things just a little bit better than other persons, it is enough, but honestly, such thinking doesn’t require much of our power, which means that one can potentially be the best in one’s field of duty by being a little bit more accurate.

 

However, that still doesn’t mean that it makes you a person who has a lot of influence on people.
Even having a degree doesn’t make us an influential person on its own.

 

It is not necessary for every person to study in order to have influence, which is evident, among other things, from the fact that even Jesus didn’t go to Bible college in order to get a ‘doctorate’.

 

It doesn’t have to mean that people who are more educated than you are smarter than you.

 

Jesus had an influence on the people around Him through the wisdom given to Him by His Heavenly Father (cf. John 7:15-18).

 

John 7:15-18:
15 The Jews there were amazed and asked, ‘How did this man get such learning without having been taught?’
16 Jesus answered, ‘My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. <= (The message put in ‘=>’ is based on a statement by Cindy Trimm.)

 

From this we can see that it is necessary for us to act from the realm of the spirit out of the relationship with the Heavenly Father and not be tempted to get drawn to a lower level of the soul.

 

In fact, this may result in us merely having sympathy, but not having compassion. Sympathy, or pity, doesn’t follow action that changes the circumstance. However, it is divine compassion, that follows action and brings about change.

 

Be encouraged to look for the time and even place when the truth was spoken to your destiny and brought freedom in order to celebrate God’s goodness in your now time.

 

Reflect on the Word of God as your king’s command and let go of everything that is contrary to God’s empowering revelation in your life. This is the time and season to finish strong as the best things are yet to come!

 

Amen and Amen.

 

In His Wisdom,

 

Daniel & Tina Glimm