What’s God Got to Do with It
It's About Time!
By Nancy Livingston　 

A new year is upon us! Hmmm... I wonder if I'll refer to the new year as, "Two Thousand and Thirteen", or "Twenty Thirteen" ? And how is it that each year goes faster for me than the year before? Yet, here we are in the year 2013! Time is an amazing thing! We manage time. We waste time. We spend time. We save time. We wish time would come. We wish time would pass. Time flies. Time drags on. We schedule our entire lives around time, believing we somehow control it. Time.... what's God got to do with it? Well, He created it! 

God governs all time. There are many Scripture verses on time, but I'd like to include just a few. Ecclesiastes 3:1 teaches, "To everything, there is a season, and a time to every purpose under Heaven". Actually, the first 8 verses give us a perfect example of how God's plans are perfectly carried out, according to His timing! And 2 Peter 3:8 teaches, "But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years, as one day". This verse makes it obvious that our earthly concept of time differs greatly from God's! In any case, here we are in the year 2013! 

Two thousand and thirteen years ago, an event occured which literally rocked the world with such an impact, that time on this earth actually started over from that point! We are celebrating 2013 in the "year of our Lord". There has never been in the history of creation, anything of such magnitude! An event so profound, it is acknowledged throughout the world. That event was the cross! Time stopped and started over with that one single event! Scripture uses of time. Luke 2:6, " While they (Mary & Joseph) were there, the time came for the baby to be born." Galatians 4:4, But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His son." 

Speaking of time, as I leave the old year behind and begin the new, I am encouraged to consider that God controls time, your time and my time. We finished out the year with a holiday remembering the time when Christ was born. Jesus is no longer a baby in a manger. Time changed that. There is, however, one fact that time will not change. Hebrews 13:8, "Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever"! " Time cannot diminish Christ's love for us, or His power to work within our lives. He is there in the past, He is there in the now, and He is there in our future! Here we are in the year 2013! Happy New Year!