The Time Has Come

“Jesus and his disciples were all invited to the banquet, but with so many guests, they ran out of wine. And when Mary realized it, she came to Jesus and asked, ‘They have no wine; can’t you do something about it?’ Jesus replied, ‘My dear one, don’t you understand that if I do this, it will change nothing for you, but it will change everything for me! My hour of unveiling my power has not yet come.’”
— John 2:2–4 TPT

There is something profoundly beautiful about the unfolding of Jesus’ early life. Scripture gives us only a few glimpses, but the ones we do see burn with purpose. As a boy, Jesus disappeared for three days—three days! Imagine the panic of losing your child in a busy city during a festival. Mary and Joseph finally found Him in the temple, dazzling the theologians with His insight, His passion, and His clarity. And when questioned, Jesus replied, “Didn’t you know I’d be here? Isn’t it obvious?” Even at twelve, He was drawn to His Father’s house like metal to a magnet. Eager. Ready. Burning. The temple wasn’t duty—it was delight.

But fast-forward to a thirty-year-old Jesus at a wedding in Cana. The same mother who once had to drag Him home from the temple now looks at Him with knowing eyes. “It’s time,” she whispers without saying the words. Yet this time, Jesus hesitates. “Not now… not yet.”
How strange. The boy who once seemed so eager is now the man who carefully waits.

This is what preparation does to us. In our early years, we think we’re ready long before we are. Eager, inspired, inexperienced—convinced we could take the world by Tuesday. But then God leads us into the long road: hidden seasons, quiet service, anonymity, pruning, delays, humbling, reshaping. The youthful zeal is slowly tempered into mature surrender. Ego is sanded down. Motives purified. Confidence replaced by dependence. And somewhere along the way, the spotlight stops being the prize.

Eventually, like Jesus at Cana, we find ourselves saying, “It’s not my time.”
Because honestly—we’re not chasing time anymore.

But then Mary steps in. And she still knows. She turns to the servants and says the line that breaks the delay: “Do whatever He tells you.”

I believe many today have lived long in preparation—years of pruning, pauses, resets, tears, hopes deferred. Some are so accustomed to the wilderness they can hardly imagine the promise being fulfilled. Like Sarah, you whisper, “Now? After all these years?”

Yes. Now.
Heaven is announcing: THE TIME HAS COME.

Time for ancient promises to sprout.
Time for destiny to unfold.
Time for healing, restoration, vindication, and joy.
The long winter is melting. The season of singing is beginning.
The sound of the Spirit will be heard in your land again.

So, like Mary, lean in and simply obey.
He is moving.
The delay is over.
IT. IS. TIME.

Believe & Confess Meditation & Declaration

I hold fast to the hope of promises fulfilled, knowing that every word God has spoken will come to pass. “For no word from God will ever fail” (Luke 1:37). Though the vision may tarry, I wait with expectation, not doubt (Habakkuk 2:3). I declare that God’s timing is perfect—and His time is now. This is not a season of delay but of divine alignment. “At the appointed time, I will do this swiftly” (Isaiah 60:22). I step forward in faith, ready to move when He says move. Today, I choose obedience over hesitation. Hope over discouragement. Faith over fear.

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