In the Fullness of Time

“But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son” (Galatians 4:4)

God sent His Son when the time was right.

God isn’t haphazard. God is the source and center of all order. Dr. Shields said, “He is the greatest of all clockmakers.” In other words, God’s clock never has to go to the repair shop nor does it ever need new batteries.

Did you know that Astronomers can so accurately predict the movements of the heavens that they can tell you exactly when the next eclipse of the sun or moon will take place a hundred years from now? That’s how undeviating the course of God’s creation is.

Further, the Bible says that God doesn’t change, Malachi 2:6. Therefore, God set an appointed time for this great event of Jesus’ coming from the very foundations of the universe, from the very beginning of time, even before time itself came into existence.

God’s redemptive plan for humanity wasn’t some divine afterthought. The Apostle Peter said that all God knew all His works from all eternity, Acts 15:18. And so God predetermined Jesus’ coming and told it to the prophets.

The prophet Daniel foretold that after 483 years from the commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem that the Messiah would come and die.

And so we can count on God’s word and His promises to come on time, not our timing, but His. The Lord is always on time. You might say He’s “spot on.”

Jesus came in the fullness of time. That means what God has ordained, all the promises that He has made, not one of them will fall short of its intended time, or mark.

Such surety about God and His word should inspire us with confidence. Just as God accomplished His word in the birth of Jesus, so will God keep His word, His promise He made to all of us.

So let’s write it down in our hearts that God keeps His promises and His word never fails towards us.