MODEL OF DIVINE TIMING (1)

“COME NOW, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt” – Exodus 3:10

Moses’ lifespan of 120 years of three 40-years phases, is a MODEL of DIVINE TIMING: “COME NOW, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt” (Exo.3:10). Moses spent forty years in Egypt thinking he could personally rescue Israel, but his human effort ended in failure and flight. God redirected him to the quiet backside of the desert for another forty years, until His “NOW” – the Burning Bush encounter. God uses the "desert" to break our pride into meekness so we can handle future assignments. By divine processing, God breaks our self-reliance in order to use us as instruments of His Power and Vessels for His Glory!

First, there was a Sovereign Interruption (vv.1-3). Moses was going about his ordinary daily routine tending sheep when God broke into his world. God’s timing often begins with a surprising event that disrupts our normal lives when we least expect it, turning an ordinary day into a divine appointment (v.4). This was followed by the Call to Consecration. God commanded Moses to take off his sandals because the ground was holy (v.5). When God signals us through life’s interruptions, we must pause, turn aside and pay attention. Divine direction belongs to those who stop to listen. Entering into divine timing requires us to strip away our old ways of walking and submit to God's Holiness.

Demonstrating His Faithful Memory, God revealed that He had seen His people’s affliction and remembered His covenant (vv.6-8). Delay does not mean God has forgotten us; He waits for the exact moment when the stage is perfectly set. Illustrating a shift from flesh to spirit, forty years earlier, Moses tried to deliver Israel in his own might and failed. He initially thought his brethren would understand his mission through his military might, but they didn’t (Acts 7:22-25). In God’s perfect timing, Moses was sent not in his own name, but in the Power of the Great "I AM" (vv.9-10). True success is not achieved by human intelligence or political connections. Real impact happens only when we let go of our strength and rely on God’s Power. We should learn to value rather than despise life’s quiet, unapplauded, “hidden” seasons!

Let’s not try to force open a door by human might when God is still cooking our character in the secret place. Forty years in the palace made Moses a somebody; forty years in the desert taught him he was a nobody; and forty years in the wilderness proved that God is everybody!

In Jesus’ name, I declare that:

The Great "I AM" is fighting my battles and directing my steps. His promises will speak as remove every weight of the past to walk in holiness.

I patiently submit to God's training process. I will not rush ahead of His cloud of guidance, for my value is found in Him not in human applause.

My hidden seasons are not wasted; they are formatting my future as I lay down my self-reliance and embrace the Power of the Holy Spirit.

I am sensitive to divine interruptions and holy visitations, and will fully manifest by Prophetic Accuracy and in God's Timing.