"Don't look back at your past mistakes. Don't look back at your lost time or lost opportunity. Look to Me instead. If you look to Me, you are never too late! For to Me, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years is like a day."
The Lord says further:
"I will know how to redeem your lost time or lost opportunity, and I will know how to accelerate you towards your God-given destiny!"
People of God, if you have lost your time, or if you have lost your opportunity in the past decade (for whatever reasons), take heart and be encouraged, because the Lord will know how to regain and restore what is rightfully yours in this new decade. Indeed, if you look to Him, you are never too late!
2 Peter 3:8 (NLT) says, 'But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day'. What does this verse imply? To put it simply, 'what humans achieve in 1000 years, the Lord can achieve the same in just 1 day'! By the way, the number '1000' in Hebrew numeric can mean 'divine, or divine completeness'. In other words, the Lord is 'divine' - 'outside of time', and 'not bound (or limited) by time'. Therefore, He will know how to redeem (gain back) your lost time or lost opportunity (in ways man cannot)! He is a God of all possibilities (even if man thinks it's impossible), if you look to Him! By faith, take these words with you, and receive by faith for your new decade!
One example in the Bible is none other than the apostle Paul. As you see in the New Testament, he was a 'latecomer' compared to Peter, James, John, and many other apostles in the early church. In fact, he was still 'breathing threats against the Lord's followers', when the other apostles were already in the thick of preaching the good news with signs, wonders, and miracles accompanying! But the Lord redeemed his lost time, beginning from the 'great light experience' (Acts 9:1-19), and later on, the Lord even sent the right person (Barnabas) to help him! (Acts 9:26-28)
The name 'Barnabas' is very interesting! From the tribe of Levi and from the island of Cyprus, his original name was Joseph, but he was nicknamed 'Barnabas' by the early apostles (see Acts 4:36). For the record, 'Barnabas' doesn't just mean 'Son of Encouragement', 'Son of Exhortation', or 'Son of Comfort'. In Hebrew, the name 'Barnabas' comes from two words, namely 'Bar' meaning 'son of', and 'Nubas' ('Nabiy') meaning 'prophet, someone speaking by the inspiration of the Spirit of God'. So, as you can see here, the Lord knew how to send the right person to Paul - not just to encourage and comfort him when others 'doubted' him (due to his past 'bad reputation'), but the Lord sent 'a prophetic voice' to guide him in that new stage of his life!
For the year 2020, 2 Chronicles 20:20 will be a 'mainstay' among the many Bible verses God's people shall receive this year. This verse says in New King James Version (NKJV), 'So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the LORD your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper."'
'Tekoa', by the way, is 'Teqowa' in Hebrew, and it means 'to blow the trumpet as a sign of victory, power, and authority'. Indeed, people of God, 'you shall enter a time of victory in the midst of the wilderness'! Therefore, for this year 2020, take courage, look to the Lord, and receive the prophetic voices that the Lord is sending to you, and whatever 'wilderness' that you are in at the moment, you shall begin to enter a time of victory, power, and authority! Just as you see in King Jehoshaphat's days!
How about the specific words from the Lord for the year 2020?
The word 'accelerate', according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is defined as:
- to move faster
- to gain speed
- to progress from grade to grade more rapidly than usual
- to bring about at an earlier time
- to increase
What are His plans for you in the decade ahead?
- The new decade will be a decade of Him redeeming your lost time or lost opportunity.
- Your part is to keep moving forward, and do not allow yourself to be 'hounded' by your past.
- A decade of God's greater glory be seen in your life.
- A decade when He'll establish you for His kingdom.
- A decade when you'll begin to walk in greater authority.
Believe and receive for your new decade beginning 2020:
- The Lord will know how to establish you!
- Don't be afraid to be a 'latecomer'! (in an industry or ministry)
- You are never too late!
- The Lord will 'accelerate' you!
- The Lord will send the right people to help you!
Let us give thanks to the Lord in advance, because this is going to be a new decade of God's greater glory be seen in those who look to Him. Amen!
Happy and blessed new year 2020!
