“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Rom5.6 NKJV
I find great comfort in the fact that God has a plan for us. Like most plans, His plot has a time table. A great many things were set in motion to accomplish His plan, before we actually arrived in this place. We are told that Christ was born in the fullness of time and He died in due time. The expression “in due time,” simply means the right, or the appropriate time. It has been said that “timing is everything.” I am not sure we can know or appreciate the finer details, which indicated to God that it was the right time to send Christ into the world. One Old Testament story records God telling Abraham that his offspring would have to wait four hundred years before they would be allowed to drive their enemies from the land. In this instance God explained the reason? “The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." In other words, it wasn’t the right time because their present sins did not warrant the severity of being defeated and driven from their homes. God knew that their sins eventually would warrant such judgment, He knew when and four hundred years later when the time was right He gave the Amorites into the hand of His people. Now we are told one important detail which had something to do with he timing of Christ’s death. It occurred, “when we were still without strength.” I would say that such knowledge is as true for us individually as it is collectively. By the time Christ came on the scene, man was given a good look at life under His own strength. It all added up to failure. It still does. This is our collective testimony but it is important for each of us to individually see that we are helpless before God and we desperately need a savior. God has sent His Son to be that Savior and he has done so at the right time. The question before each individual is, Will we embrace His provision while the time is right? 4/10/07 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
