The Timing of Promises

This morning I was turning some things over in my mind that God has been showing me-- things I didn't understand (and still don't.) I was asking God about timing, and he showed me a scene from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (the C.S. Lewis book, not the terrible movie.) He showed me Aslan and Lucy having an intimate conversation, off in the distance.

"Please Aslan," asked Lucy, "What do you call soon?"

"I call all times soon..."

They were alone in the distance, too far away for me to eavesdrop, but I knew what was being said because I am familiar with the book. I think the fact that Aslan and Lucy were distant from me is part of the interpretation of the vision. They were alone with each other. This place of intimacy- this "Alone-ness"- is where He is known to talk to us. Awhile back, I was stressing over time passing, and God spoke to my heart,

"Do hours and years mean anything to me? Is ANYTHING too hard for me?"

God was quoting Jeremiah 32:27 to me. In context, right in the middle of the Babylonian siege, God tells the prophet Jeremiah that his cousin was coming to ask him to buy his piece of land, and that he was to do so. Moreover, he was to pay in silver, have the deed notarized, and put copies in long term storage. This made no sense. So Jeremiah protested to God about the pointlessness of these instructions:

"See how the siege ramps are built to take the city. Because of the sword, famine, and plague, the city will be handed over to the Babylonians who are attacking it. What you said has happened, as you now see. And though the city will be handed over to the Babylonians, you, O Sovereign LORD say to me, 'Buy the field with silver and have the transaction witnessed.' "

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?"

God was telling Jeremiah that what he could see with his eyes... was irrelevant. God was in charge, regardless of Circumstances! And God was going to accomplish his own purposes, regardless of the current reality.

Lana Vawser writes in her post "Time is Being Redeemed":

"... This year I had one of the most profound encounters of my life where I heard the Lord thunder 'BEGIN AGAIN.' I knew he was speaking over seasons and speaking to Time. In that moment, the realization that time is but a resource to Him and Time bows to Him surrounded me strongly..."

So perhaps God has made promises to you in your own life. But years (decades?) have passed and you have despaired of ever seeing fulfillment. And the serpent from the Garden of Eden is whispering in your ear as he did to Eve, "Has God REALLY said...?" But perhaps God would say to you in response,

"Do hours and years mean anything to me? Is ANYTHING too hard for me?"

Lana Vawser link https://www.facebook.com/lanavawserministries/posts/pfbid023XKaAFkkHvQmDruZBg7yZbBZysnggYDCTi6f2PswS6X5CF1nopf5wnFkD5PxcqSbl

God says our times are in his hands.