1 John 2:12-17 / Luke 2:36-40
We know that everything happens for a reason, and that everything happens in God’s plan.
Most of us live ordinary lives, we have our daily routines, we have our usual rituals and nothing spectacular happens in our lives.
But that does not mean that God does not have a plan for us.
At the appointed time, with the right people, and at the right place, then God’s plan unfolds.
For the prophetess Anna, she had seen quite a bit of life in her 84 years.
She was married for seven years before becoming a widow.
She stayed in the Temple serving God night and day with fasting and prayer.
It was quite a simple and ordinary life until that moment of the appointed time.’
She came by just when the parents brought Jesus to the Temple, and she began to praise God and spoke of the child to all who looked forward to the deliverance of Jerusalem.
It was her prophetic moment and her life was fulfilled with that.
We too have a purpose and mission in life.
When the appointed time comes for us, let us do what God is asking of us, and with that our lives will be fulfilled.