The March of God's Progress

Tip! THE possibilities of prayer are gauged by faith in God's ability to do. Faith is the one prime condition by which God works.

Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. (1 Corinthians 15:24 NKJV)

To what state, condition, outcome or degree is God moving today? When we speak of the eternal progress of the Almighty, we must remember that we are using human speech, because God lives in the eternal present. He is Jehovah--"I AM!"

God does not live in time with its past and future; the distinctions of time have no reference to Him who lives in Eternity. And Eternity is an ever-present NOW, in which the past is never past, and the future is always present.

God is moving to the supreme pleasure of our Savior. Christ must and will reign, and the Father's power is even now engaged in putting all things under His feet. He has given Him the heathen for His inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession.

It is true that we can not see all the things put under Him, but God is even now engaged in hurrying the fulfillment of His eternal plan. Look at the rise and fall of rulers and kingdoms within the last few years; the clamor for new methods of government has threatened the ancient order; the whirlpool of elections; the babble of voices; the rivalry of political leaders and parties!

Tip! So when we ask Christ to carry out His works in our hearts we are fervently praying that our Father may be glorified in His Son.

What about these things? They are the clouds of His feet, the movement of His pieces on the game board of life, the successive stages in the unfolding of His plan. Watch the Divine strategy! God raises up one, and puts down another; there is not an item in the newspaper, TV or the Internet, not even a change on the map, nor a revolution among the people, however obscure, that is not contributing to that final scene, when the Son of Man shall come to the Ancient of Days, and there shall be given to Him dominion and glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, and nations, and languages shall serve Him!

All of us need to understand God's movements, especially in this momentous era, because only then can we enter into His Rest. We can look out calmly on a world in confusion when once we have learned to understand the Divine program of gathering up all things in Christ, who is the Head.

To the careless world His way is in the sea, and His paths in the deep waters, and His footsteps are not known, but to those who love and follow Him. The heavens may depart, the hills be removed; but His kindness shall not depart; neither shall the covenant of His peace be removed.

PRAYER:

Hurry the coming of Your Kingdom, O Lord, the fulfillment of Your purpose. Keep us watchful and alert that at any moment we may discern the movement of Your hand, and detect Your will and guidance in the external circumstances of the little things in our lives. In Jesus' name AMEN