"Time and Judgment" - Again

 "Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him." Ecclesiastes 8:6 KJV)

  ""But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble. That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall. But I know you well - where you stay and when you come and go. I know the way you have raged against me. And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself. I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came."" (2 Kings 19:25-28 NLT)

 Obviously, there is more to this than just the things we have heard or have understood them to be. The whole point of this passage of Scripture that Solomon is putting forth, is about how little we do now; in that state of mind, we are miserable trying to think what might happen, hoping for the best, but planning for the worst. 

 This message from the LORD to King Sennacherib of Assyria, is given because of his arrogance and pride; as he has sent a letter to King Hezekiah of Judah, warning him that he doesn't stand a chance trying to defend his country, as he has destroyed even country he has come against; saying, "Don't let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria." 

 As we can see, God had planned for the kings of Assyria to have conquest and victories wherever they went; they were all part of God's plans. These are the things we don't understand, because we have no way of knowing the complete picture of the way God's purposes are carried out. They could happen in a short amount of time, or they could take centuries to all fall into order. 

 No king or president could ever know what will happen, they can only plan according to what they think should be done, hoping it will happen as they planned, but expecting there will be opposition and difficulties along the way. That is why prayer is needed, which is exactly what Hezekiah did when he had read the letter from the king of Assyria; He went to the Temple, spread the letter out before the LORD and prayed! 

 I do believe that President Trump has a purpose that is directed by God; and I absolutely believe that it is the time for that purpose to be put forth. The judgment part of that purpose will depend upon God's perfect plans, as He opens and closes doors, those who are planning need to pray and ask Him for the proper guidance.

 You might have read my illustration of the difference between God's will and His perfect will; well, His will is always perfect, we just don't know the complete purpose...

"Look here, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit." How do you know what your life is like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog - it's here for a little while, then it's gone. What you ought to say is, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that." Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil. Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it." (James 4:13-17 NLT)