“Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish” (Isa.46:10).
“At just the right time, God sent his Son” (Gal.4:7).
“This is the plan: At the right time he will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth” (Eph.1:10).
“I trust in you, O Lord; I say, ‘You are my God.’ My times are in your hand” (Ps.31:14).
Lord Jesus, if the question is, “What time is it?”—that really depends on our time zone. Wherever we call home, from this point on and all the way Home, we want to live in the GTZ—the Gospel Time Zone. It’s the one time zone that transcends and permeates every other time zone. The GTZ honors you, Jesus, as creator, center, sustainer, and Redeemer of all things.
Calendar-wise, it means our primary frame of reference is living our lives between your resurrection and return, Jesus—the glorious already-and-not-yet of things planned in eternity and executed at just the right time on earth. Your Kingdom has come, Jesus, and it will come in fullness. You are actively making all things new and you will finish that magnificent redemptive plan. Hallelujah, and thank you.
Right now angels are rejoicing and demons are trembling. Before long, we will dance and every knee will bow. Until the Day everything is “summed up in you” (Eph.1:10)—show us how to live at the pace of grace with the values of eternity. Give us urgent joy and the freedom of intentionality. What should matter more to us, Jesus, and what should matter much less?
In the GTZ everything happens right on time, and since “our times are in your hand” (Ps.31:14), fill our days, dreams, and plans with yourself, Jesus. So Very Amen.