by Tammy Philips
September 23, 2024
A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, And a word [spoken] in due season, how good [it is]! (Pro 15:23 NKJV)
I have been meditating on two words from Bible for a while now. I have been waiting on the light-bulb-moment of revelation from the Holy Spirit. I have come to realize that I will have to wait and receive it in due time. Receive this as the first installment concerning “due time.”
It is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time, at the due time. How good is a timely word.
Yesterday, I ran into a friend leaving first service at church as I was entering for second service. I gave her a word of encouragement. It gave me great joy to deliver it and I hoped it gave her encouragement to receive it. I simply passed on a thought from Charles Spurgeon that had encouraged me, “God does not deliver on half a promise. The word of God says in Acts 16:3, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.’ God’s word promised to save you AND your house, too. That is two promises.”
She responded by saying, “Yea, the sermon today was for me.”
Want to know what the sermon was in short? “The Bible is about PROMISES made and PROMISES kept. Trust God.”
Talk about a word on time. That is our God. He is a “IN DUE TIME” God. To quote another dear friend, “He is seldom in a hurry, but never late.”
WAIT…it does not end there. My friend and I embraced and parted with tears in her eyes. As I turned to go, she said, “You are a good friend.” Those words at a due time brought tears to my eyes. If you are like me, sometimes, I feel like I am not a good…daughter of God, wife, mother, mother-in-love, sister-in-law, aunt, steward, writer, or friend. It was good to know that for once, I listened and said the right thing at the right time.
We can never know how a word said in due season can change someone’s day or life.
“The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble.” (Psa 9:9 NKJV)
Watch this…”In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (Jhn 1:1 KJV). The Word was God. God is the Lord, right? Now, Read Psalm 9:9 like this. “The Word also will be a refuge for the oppressed. A refuge, a helper in due time in tribulation.” As believers, God’s promises are a hideout for us. Remembered and counted on at the right time, they will get us through any tribulation.
How good is a word in due time!
I enCOURAGE you to change someone’s trajectory. Let God use you to deliver “DUE TIME” words to people you encounter today. The right word for the right time…there is power in those words, power to change days and lives.
Pleasant words [are like] a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. (Pro 16:24 NKJV)
Complete in Him 