Our Text today is John 7:2-8
[2] However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near. [3] So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing. [4] For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.” [5] For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
[6] Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come. [7] The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil. [8] Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
May God bless the reading of his text.
The interesting conclusion to this text is that Jesus went to Jerusalem, but only when he knew the time was right. Note especially verse 6. Jesus tells His disciples, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always at hand.” This verse beautifully illustrates the divine wisdom in God’s timing, contrasting it with our often impatient desires. It’s a reminder that while we may crave immediate answers or solutions, God’s timing is perfect, unfolding precisely when it will yield the greatest good in our lives and the lives of others.
This principle encourages us to trust in God’s schedule over our own, understanding that our eagerness must be tempered with patience. Reflect on this: the blessings you’re waiting for are being prepared in the perfect time frame—God’s. Embrace the wait, for in it lies growth, preparation, and the alignment of circumstances that only God can orchestrate.
One wise person wrote that God always answers prayer. Sometimes that answer is yes, and sometimes it is no, but both are answers. Here’s one more possibility. Sometimes the answer is “Yes, but not yet.”
No doubt, while living in the palace of Egypt, Moses prayed for the Hebrews to be freed from slavery. At 40, he tried to be that answer and killed an Egyptian. God looked at Moses and said, “Yes, but not yet.” Forty years later, God reached out to him and used him. He told Moses to tell the pharaoh, “Let my people go.” You know the rest of the story.
Great people learn to ask God, wait, and trust His timing.
Lonnie Davis,