Your Gifting and Calling is for an Appointed Time
- Baptist Daily Devotional
- Mar 31
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Rev. Tse Amable | March 31 2025 | Acts 7:20-30
KEY VERSE: “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.” Acts 7:30 (NIV)
MESSAGE: Yesterday, we learnt that each of us has been given a gift by the Lord, which we must put to use for the benefit of all mankind. We also learnt that our gifts and callings are meant to be manifested at a certain appointed time and season. This was the case with Moses. Even though he felt compelled to begin his assignment as a deliverer, he had to wait 40 years before his time for manifestation arrived. His season of manifestation began after his encounter with the angel. From that encounter, he returned to Egypt with Jehovah’s message: “LET MY PEOPLE GO!”
The same thing happened to Jesus Christ. St. Luke tells us our Lord “was in the deserts (wilderness) UNTIL THE DAY OF HIS APPEARING TO ISRAEL [THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS PUBLIC MINISTRY]” Luke 1:80 (AMP).
The Bible says, “To everything there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven”. It also says God “has made everything beautiful in its time” (Ecclesiastes 3:1,11). There is a set time and season for your manifestation to be revealed to the world. Do not run ahead of the Lord’s time. Both Moses and Jesus Christ had to wait for their set time and season. You too must wait.
FEET AND HANDS FOR THE MESSAGE:
Does the fact that there is a time and season for your calling to be manifested mean you should be idle? What role does prayer, studying and serving under a mentor play in the full manifestation of your gifting and calling?
PRAYER:
Lord, I pray that you will give me the patience to wait for the season of manifestation. And while I wait, teach me how to occupy myself with the work of God. I pray in Jesus Christ's name. Amen.
THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING.
SHOWERS! BLESSINGS!!
The 365 DAILY BIBLE READING Day 90: Deuteronomy 7-8 — Blessings for Obedience and Warning Against Pride
DAILY word study: PASSED The word passed in Acts 7:30 is translated from the Greek πληρόω (plēróō), which means “to be fulfilled” or “to complete in full.” It doesn’t merely suggest time moving forward, but time completing its purpose.
In Acts 7:30, the reference to “after forty years had passed” is not incidental. Biblically, 40 often marks a period of testing, preparation, or transition—seen in Israel’s wilderness years, Jesus' fasting, and Moses' exile. The passing of time wasn’t wasted; it was God’s classroom.
Reflection:
God’s timing doesn’t tick by aimlessly. The “passing” of years may be His process of maturing you. Don’t be discouraged by the wait. Stay alert. Stay faithful. Your moment will come.
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