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    Monday, 02 January 2012 07:46
    late_bloomerThere's a really cute children's book written back in the 70's called "Leo the Late Bloomer" It's about a tiger who cannot (yet) do all the things a tiger should. You see Leo comes late to things in life, and his parents are a bit worried that he's not... a real tiger. But Leo comes to maturity later than his peers. I was a late bloomer. I was a runt at 13, did not start growing until I was 15 but didn't really start bulking up until I was 17.

    In December each year I pray, seeking God for a word, or some direction for the new year - personally and corporately - for the Body of Christ. Some years there is a flow, other years... nothing. It is also a fabulous time to review what has been achieved. I go over my personal goals, our family goals and also the prophetic words that have been given to me. Aside from the usual mistake prophecies (that are not from God), I reckon some proportion are "late bloomers". If you just give them a little more time, they'll happen.

    My longest one so far has taken 14 years. Joseph's dream took 13 years to happen. But that's nothing compared to Moses taking 40 in the desert. Prophecy (and some of God's promises) work a bit like seed: it is planted in the ground but waits for the right conditions before it sprouts forth. The timing of prophecy is not based so much in our linear time - our Gregorian calendar. It is based in seasonal time.

    It gives me pause to hold on this year. I predicted an opposite switch in the En Nino effect - watching for the predicted fire storms in Australia, and for GFC II - the second shoe to fall in the current economic climate. I have been sorely tempted to send out an apology for those two words, but felt a check from the Lord to wait and watch. I think it would be wisdom to wait just a little longer.
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    Hab. 2:3 "For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it hastens toward the goal, and it will not fail. Thought it tarries, wait for it; for it will certainly come, it will not delay."
     
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