4. Timing and The Learning Process

Timing
There are certain issues that can only be clarified through the process of time.

In Ecclesiastes 3, the Bible clearly states that “there is time for everything and a season for every activity’.
(See Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8)

Therefore it follows that there is need to respect God’s timing, and patiently wait for the cycles to go round again.

Anyways, you can always ask God to supernaturally intervene, and to mercifully cut short the days of affliction.

Since it is God’s prerogative to either suspend time (See Joshua 20:13), or fast forward time, your part is to be persistent and shameless in asking for God’s intervention, as the widow did in Luke 18:1-3.

Furthermore, Like the ‘sons of Issachar’, you need to understand the times and seasons of life. So that you can always know what you ought to do, where, when, and how to do it.

Then, your prayers will be precise and accurate. And you will save yourself and others a lot of stress. (See 1 Chronicles 12:32)
Learning Process
Basically, humans learn through precepts, information or observation, and personal experiences.

Out of the learning processes, experience takes longer, and is a very bitter teacher.

Anyways, as we pray for others, God intervenes by protecting and patiently guiding them through situations and circumstances that would hitherto have destroyed them.

God allows circumstances and situations (adversities or prosperity), to teach people enduring lessons that they refuse to learn from precepts, information, or through observations.

Due to human nature and several other factors, some people learn fast while others are slow learners.
And being a patient teacher, God will allow us to learn at our own pace.

An example is Moses.
For 40 years he was learning in Pharaoh’s school as a favored prince.

Due to anger issues, and the non development of leadership qualities, Moses flunked the test. (See Exodus 2:11-15)

God in His infinite mercy did not give up on him. Instead, He changed the school’s location, settings and teachers, even though the curriculum was the same- development of leadership qualities.

Moses, the prince turned fugitive was given a second chance to learn in the school of Jethro, who later became his father in law. (See Exodus 2:16-3:10)

It took Moses another 40 years to even be ready for His divine assignment. And another 40 years to accomplish the assignment.

God had told Abraham that his descendants would be in servitude for 400 years. But due to Moses’ learning challenges, they were captives for 430 years.

Read up all about this in Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers.

Therefore, When praying for the resolution of your issues, remember to pray as well for all the Humans that are involved in it’s resolutions.

Pray that they too will learn their lessons quickly and to quickly yield to the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Never forget the Human factor to the answers to prayers.
Let us Pray:

Father God, we thank you for the assurances that you will always answer us when we call.

We ask that in your infinite mercies, you touch for a second time, everyone who is linked to the answers to our prayers.

Help them to be quick to understand the assignment, and to quickly do their parts.

We stand against all delays, human weaknesses, as well as interferences by elemental forces.

We affirm that all things are working together for our good, and the timing is right. For we function only in your perfect will for our lives, in Jesus Christ matchless name we pray.

Shalom from Hephzibah Christly TheSpiritualWarrior – November 12th 2022