DIVINE APPOINTMENTS
A few years ago I finished
a project for one company, and on the way home I felt an inner urging to go by
and see a friend. When I got there, he offered me a job. I didn’t have another
job lined up yet, the timing was perfect, and I started immediately.
People who don’t know
better might call this a coincidence. Did you know that in the Hebrew language
there isn’t even a word for coincidence? The Bible says we’re either walking by
the flesh or walking by the Spirit. Nothing happens by chance.
When we even have the
slightest inkling to do something, and it doesn’t go against what the Bible
says, then we are taking another step of faith along the good path the Lord has
for us. Walking by faith gets us to these special times I call divine
appointments.
Just like a doctor
appointment, or the hairdresser or any other type of meeting in the natural, we
don’t want to be late. When the appointments are set up by the Lord, they are
going to be successful ones, so we need to respond immediately.
My experience wasn’t earth-shattering,
but it did make a big difference in my finances for that week, and that’s
important enough to me and to God.
When we pray for help in
walking by the Spirit, and we determine to be aware of the Lord’s guidance to
us, the results are always positive because the Lord Jesus and his Father God want
the best for us. All Christians can walk by the Spirit.
God gives us a great
example in Simeon. He didn’t have a degree or title, and he was a pretty
regular Jewish believer. Luke 2:25 says, “There was a man whose name was
Simeon; just and devout.” This tells me he was doing his best to be a fair man
and he was determined in his heart to follow God.
The Holy Spirit had
revealed to him that before he died, he would get to see God’s Messiah. Then on
one ordinary day, “he came by the spirit into the temple” (Luke 2:27). There it
is! He came “by the spirit”—the Spirit of God gave him the idea to go to the
temple; he did it and met his godly appointment.
It was the exact day and
time that Joseph and Mary brought the young child Jesus to the temple! Simeon
“took him up in his arms, blessed God and said, ‘Lord now lettest thy servant
depart in peace, for my eyes have seen thy salvation’” (vv. 28-29). The Holy
Spirit inspired Simeon, and he went on to give a remarkable prophecy over Mary,
Joseph and the child Jesus.
We don’t hear any more
about this man Simeon, and in fact, this happened near the end of his life here
on earth. But I believe God had this record put in the Bible so that we could
learn how important and wonderful it is to respond to the urgings of the Spirit.
For me, it increased my
finances for the week. For Simeon, it was how he got to meet Jesus face to face.
Galatians 5:25 says, “Let us also walk in the Spirit.” And Romans 8:14, “For
as many as are led by the Spirit of God; they are the sons of God.”
We can
pray, “Lord Jesus, help me to walk by the Spirit today and delight in those
divine appointments.”
Love,
Carolyn
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