UNDERSTANDING YAH’S TIMING: THE KEY TO UNLOCKING YOUR SHIFT

Luke chapter 19




Today we are walking in: Understanding Yah’s Timing – The Key To Unlocking Your Shift






Deuteronomy 9:3


Understand H3045 therefore this day, that the LORD thy Yah is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.


UNDERSTAND


Today we look to the word-UNDERSTAND- H3045 yada’--to perceive and see, find out and discern


The Torah testifies...............


Exodus 36:1

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know H3045 how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.


Deuteronomy 1:13

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known H3045 among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.


The prophets proclaim..................


Isaiah 6:9

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive H3045 not.


Isaiah 29:24

They also that erred in spirit shall come H3045 to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine.


Isaiah 41:20

That they may see, and know, H3045 and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.


Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they have not known H3045 me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. H3045



The writings bear witness...........................


1 Chronicles 28:9

And thou, Solomon my son, know H3045 thou the Yah of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.


Job 28:23

Yah understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth H3045 the place thereof.


Psalm 82:5

They know H3045 not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.






Introduction


The story is told of a man who rushed into a railway station one morning and, almost breathlessly, asked the ticket man: “when does the 8:01 train leave?”
“At 8:01 was the answer. “Well,” the man replied, “it is 7:59 by my watch, 7:57 by the town clock, and 8:04 by the station clock. Which time am I to go by?” “You can go by any clock you wish,” said the agent, “but you cannot go by the 8:01 train, for it has already left.”


Yah’s time is moving forward hour by hour, minute by minute. There are multitudes who seem to think they can live by any schedule they choose and that, in their own time, they can turn to Yah. But His time is the right time.
Yahusha wept over Jerusalem, saying, “You did not recognize the time of your visitation” (Luke 19:44Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)). They missed the train. A group of Israelites decided to try and possess the land of Canaan the day after Yah told them the opportunity had passed. They were routed by the Canaanites (see Numbers l4:39-45). The train had already departed.


Ecclesiastes tells us that Yah is a Yah of timing: “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)). We need to understand the timings and seasons Yah ordains for our lives, ministries, cities and nations. Too often we try to reap during planting season, plant during harvest, run when we should be resting and rest when it is time to run. Doing even the right thing at the wrong time, well intentioned as it may be, will cause us to miss the train every time.


Discerning the Times


One of the tribes of Israel, the sons of lssachar, had an ability to discern timing: “men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do” (1 Chronicles 12:32Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)). Notice that it was their ability to understand the times that gave them insight as to what to do. Understanding Yah’s timing is often one of the keys to taking the proper action.
Yah wants us to understand and recognise the divine shifts in our lives, moments when Yah changes the times and seasons. That is the purpose of this study. Never again do we want to be sitting in the train station with our bags packed and ticket in hand, watching the train that was to carry us into Yah’s purpose for your life disappearing into the distance.


Yah’s Change into New Seasons


The following three verses in Isaiah speak of Yah’s change into new seasons:
You have heard; look at all this. And you, will you not declare it? I proclaim to you new things from this time, even hidden things which you have not known (Isaiah 48:6Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).
Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert (Isaiah 43:19Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).
Behold, the former things have come to pass, now I declare new things; before they spring forth I proclaim them to you (Isaiah 42:9Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)).


First, notice the phrase “spring forth” in the last two verses. These words mark a shift in time. Something new is about to spring forth. “Will you not be aware of it?” He asks. Often, Yah waits until the last moment to move. But it is also true that when He does move, it can transpire quickly. Never give up. Your shift may be closer than you think.


Second, notice the word “new.” Again, this word speaks of a shift. In the New-Testament, two Greek words are translated “new,” although they have different meanings. Understanding the difference is important. The word neos means numerically new but not different. For instance, if you buy a brand-new car of a certain make and model, you have a new car, but there are hundreds more just like it all over the country. It’s new but it’s not different. It’s the same as others it’s just new. The other Greek word for “new” is kainos, which means not only numerically new but also qualitatively new. This refers, for example, to a car manufactured today as compared to a model from previous years ago. Not only is this a numerically new car, but it is also qualitatively new because it’s different.


Distinguishing the difference between these two words neos and kainos is very important to our proper understanding of Scripture. Second Corinthians 5:17Open in Logos Bible Software (if available) says that we are new (kainos) creations. We’re not just duplications, or replicas, of something else, which would be neos. We’re new in the sense of being different kainos. We’re qualitatively new. We are new creations brand-new in kind and quality. Yah has put a different nature in us, transformed us and put the power of His Spirit in us. When we’re born again, we’re not just the same people with a few changes; we are kainos brand-new on the inside.


In Matthew 9:17Open in Logos Bible Software (if available), Yahusha used both of these Greek words in one statement when He referred to the practice of putting new wine into new wineskins. He said that new (neos) wine needed to be put into new (kainos) wineskins. This new wine of the Spirit is not something different but, rather, more of the same. The Holy Spirit can’t change and He cannot improve, so it isn’t qualitatively new wine. He desires to pour more of Himself into us – numerically new wine. Although the wine isn’t different, the wineskin does need to change.


We, the wineskins, need to be kainos, or qualitatively new. In order to get another dose of His Spirit poured into us, we must be transformed and changed from one stage to another. If we don’t become different qualitatively new we won’t be able to hold the new wine He is pouring out. We will miss this new “time.” To prevent this, He puts us through processes of change. If we let Him work in our lives to transform us, then He can put more of Himself, His Spirit, into us. He can put new (neos) wine into new (kainos) wineskins.


Thus, in order tor Yah to prepare us for the new season, He changes us. Yah doesn’t have the phrase “That’s good enough” in His vocabulary. He is continually preparing us for more wine, for another dose of pouring out His Spirit. These changes may not always be fun, but they are always good.


From time to time, lobsters have to leave their shells in order to grow. They need the shell to protect them from being torn apart; yet when they grow, the old shell must be abandoned. If they did not abandon it, the old shell would soon become their prison and finally their coffin. The tricky part for the lobster is the brief period of time between when the old shell is discarded and the new one is formed. During that terribly vulnerable period, the transition must be scary to the lobster. Ocean currents gleefully cartwheel them from coral to kelp. Hungry schools of fish are ready to make them a part of their food chain. For a while at least, that old shell must look pretty good.


We are not so different from lobsters. To change and grow, we must sometimes shed our shells a structure, a framework that we’ve depended on. Discipleship means being so committed to Christ that when He bids us to follow, we will change, risk, grow and leave our “shells” behind.


Like the lobster, we like the new shell; we just don’t like the process. These two Greek words for “new” are also used for the word “renewal.” By adding the prefix “ana,” which is equivalent to the English prefix to the words, we have the two different concepts of renewal. Ananeoo is numerically renewed. This is when Yah brings back to us something we had before. It isn’t qualitatively new, but there is renew-al or refreshing. Perhaps He restores to us our first love, or He restores us to a state of faith in which we previously walked. The other word is anakainoo, which means qualitatively renewed. In this type of renewal, Yah brings another stage of new-ness, and we are different from anything we’ve ever been before. This process not only restores us, but it also transforms us into the image of Christ. Rather than just renewing us to where we were, He renews us to a fresh new place. When He is finished, we don’t feel or look the same. We are, indeed, different and ready for a shift to more wine.


As another example, the word used for the renewing of the mind, written in Romans 12:2Open in Logos Bible Software (if available), is anakainosis, which means a qualitatively new mind. Yah wants to renew our minds in the sense that He radically transforms the u-ay we think so that we can participate in the changes He brings and the new – thing He does. Shifting with Yah requires kainos.


Yah is doing new things in the earth, both in the sense of neos and kainos. He’s giving us more of what we’ve had in the past, but He’s also making some radical changes. Unfortunately, some people won’t be able to receive these changes because their wineskins aren’t kainos. They won’t be ready to move with Yah in His process of bringing us from the old to the new. The shift is coming, but will we recognize the timing and will our wineskins be ready?


Finally, notice the word “hidden” in Isaiah 48:6Open in Logos Bible Software (if available). Have you ever noticed that when Yah begins to do something new, it is often something that was hidden? He often keeps it a secret right up to the last minute. Yah is changing the times and seasons. Be alert and flexible. Make sure your wineskin is new, ready for the new wine He is about to pour out. Get ready to shift!