Today, February 29, 2012 is a leap day. In fact, this entire year is referred to as a "Leap Year." The leap year is an attempt to account for the natural changes in the rhythm of time, which we attempt to measure by a 365-day calendar.
The four-year leap cycle comes about as close as we can get to synchronizing our hourly clocks with our annual calendars, all of which are based upon a "chronos" or chronological method of calculating time.
God, however, operates on "kairos" time, which is a supernatural measure that deals with the "is-ness"of time. God's kairos time is the measure that helps us recognize when it "is time" to do something, or when someone's or something's time "is up" or when God makes it clear that His time "is time."
"To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the Heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
If we learn to live in God's time, we won't have to wait every four years for a major shift to keep us on point. We can take a leap of faith every day the opportunity presents itself.
The story of the lame man in Acts Chapter 3 is a vivid example of this. When the disciples told the man to rise up and walk and even extended a helping hand to him, he didn't check his calendar or ask them to wait. He didn't question or challenge them. He didn't show them his weak legs and body. He didn't cite the doctor's report which declared him to be immobile.
Instead, this man who had been lame from his birth "....leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God."
Maybe the only thing some of us need to do to get our healing or a blessing that we have been waiting around for is to take a literal and figurative leap of faith. We have to get into the "is-ness" of God's timing and move when His Spirit says move.
The lame man only started out with enough faith to believe that the disciples might give him a little pocket change. He ended up excercising enough faith to reach out and grab hold to his blessing when it was at hand.
I believe God loves it when we grow from little faith into big faith. In fact, Jesus chastised the disciples for having little faith when they were on the boat with Him during a storm. We are also told in Hebrews 11:6 that "without faith, it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him."
When we go beyond begging God for tokens of affection to believing God for mighty miracles we show how much we truly trust Him. So, what are you waiting on? Use this special leap day as an incentive to take a leap of faith!
BNcouraged!
Rev. Karen
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