We expect what we believe shall be. To expect is waiting for what we believe He has promised will come. But waiting is difficult for human beings.
But what shall be is what Christ, the Seed, the Word, said will be. We believe that He will grow in us unto perfect maturity. We, consequently, expect to grow. We expect to happen in our lives, what Christ said will happen: That after many trials, we shall overcome all things. For it is these very trials of our faith that trigger our spiritual growth. They make us stronger, even though we disdain them. But then, His ways are not our ways.
For example, when I go to my desk, I expect that God will give me the word of wisdom and the word of knowledge. I have no doubts that He will meet me there and deliver inspiration and understanding of His word. It has been twenty-seven years now, and the meal barrel has not run dry.
Yet, a question arises. Can we not have the same expectations when it comes to healing? Healing someone is a gift of the Spirit to us and then through us to another. But when will the Spirit give that gift through us, that He would heal through us? We all are waiting for more of His power to be manifested in and through us.
The Ultimate Wielding of His Power
Of course, we are talking about wielding game-changing power in the earth. Miracles are not just about knowledge. They are about doing. Miraculous actions will go viral in the 21st Century’s social media. We must be strong enough spiritually to survive the onslaught.
We are talking about the “high calling of God in Christ.” We are referring to the ultimate wielding of power and strength from the Spirit of God. We’re talking about bearing 100-fold fruit of the Spirit. This is when the Spirit is fully matured in us. Knowing, Doing, and Being. You must have knowledge before you can do. And it is by doing that we become our destiny.
Some of us now are turning our heads and hearts toward this calling. You and I are “waiting for the adoption… the redemption of our body.” While we wait on Him, we walk in this new knowledge by first studying and proving it from the scriptures.
Evidently, we are not quite ready for 100-fold prime time just yet. But this we should know that “there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.” That especially includes the season and time for His purpose (Ecclesiastes 3:1).
We are at present the “called according to His purpose.” And we now know that His purpose is to reproduce Himself. He is Agape love, and He plants His love as a Seed in those He has called (Romans 8:23, 28). There is a season and a time for this planting and reaping. And the harvest is “the manifestation of the sons [and daughters] of God” (Romans 8:19).
Someone hearing this perhaps, is saying in their heart, “You said that we can be like Peter, James, John, and Paul, and even Jesus. That is impossible to do.”
To which I say, “You’re wrong. I’m not saying this; the word of God is saying this. The scriptures say that Yahweh knew us before we were born. He foreknew us and predestinated us “to be conformed to the image of his Son that he might be the first born among many brethren” (Romans 8:29). That is where we are heading. But there is a season and time which only the Father knows, when we will join the ranks of the manifested sons and daughters of God.
Moses Waiting on His Calling
We must “judge nothing before the time.” God revealed to Moses that the Hebrew slaves should follow him. But it was not the season nor the time for God to lead His people out of Egypt. Moses waited 40 years in exile in the Sinai desert before the call came from the burning bush. It just was not the time until then.
Yet, Yahweh foreknew Moses and you and me. And He has given us a glorious destiny before our earthly slog began. And then, he called us. He gave us a sign that He is real. He met us where we were in the mire of sin and lifted us out of degradation into his marvelous light. Thus, we were called and justified. “And whom He justified, them He also glorified.”
Glorified! That is how Yahweh sees it. He sees us already “conformed to the image of his Son.” He sees us as joint heirs with Him. To Him it’s a done deal. Yet, for us, we wait for the season and the time. (verse 30).
Yahweh declares the end from the beginning. In the beginning we were with Him in His heart. Before we were deposited from the womb of our dear earthly mothers, He believed that we would respond. That’s His faith at work.
Consequently, God is for us! Who can withstand God and be against us? But there’s one thing we must realize before we receive our immortal spiritual bodies upon His return. We must understand that there is a certain season and time for everything—especially during the “time of the end.” That includes the time when He will work miracles of healing through us. Kenneth Wayne Hancock
Immortality Road 