Ezekiel 37:21-28 / John 11:45-56
Whenever we think of a good time to embark on a project or an event, there will be several factors that we will consider.
We will think of a good place, and gather the right people, to get started on it.
In other words, when we think that we have the right place and the right people all lined up, then that will be the right time.
When Jesus came into the world, it may seemed to be a wrong time.
The Jewish people were at one of their lowest points in their history, as their land was conquered and occupied by the Romans.
The Roman empire was the most powerful nation at that time and they controlled everything.
As much as the Jewish people were looking forward to the coming of the Messiah, that Messiah would have a lot of resistance and opposition if he were to come at that time.
So, when Jesus came into the world, it was like the wrong time, because His people were under occupation, and with no power and might.
Yet, that was the time that God sent His Son into the world.
Jesus met with rejection, resistance and opposition from even His own people.
So when Caiaphas made that statement that it is better for one man to die for the people, than for the whole nation to be destroyed, he thought of it as an elimination of a threat.
But because he spoke as high priest, it was a prophecy that fulfilled the plan of God.
So it is not about a good time or the right time or the best time.
It is about the appointed time, it is about God’s time, and in that time, things will happen in God’s way.
Let us pray that we will be able to recognize God’s time, and when it is God’s time, let us also follow God’s ways.