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Tim’s thought for Sunday September 7, 2025…IT'S NEVER TOO LATE - R.W. SchambachSome time ago, when I was in Seattle, Washington, I preached a message about Lazarus. The Bible says that Lazarus had been in the grave four days when Jesus finally came. Although it seemed as if He had arrived too late, He was right on time. He is never too late. In other words, it's never too late for a miracle.Sometimes we put time limits on God. Mary and Martha were limited in their faith. They said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died (John 11:21,32). They had forgotten that Jesus was Christ, the Son of God— Emmanuel: God with us. They had forgotten that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life.They didn't know that Jesus had intentionally waited. He wanted His followers to witness His miraculous power. We should never try to figure out God's timetables. He is always on time. It's never too late.After the service, a woman came to me and shoved a piece of paper into my hand.She said, "Now, I dare you to say it's not too late." Do you know what the paper was? A divorce paper, a final decree. She had just received it from the judge. It was final. The husband was gone. She looked me right in the eye andsaid again, "Now, I dare you to say it's not too late."So I smiled and took her dare and said, "It's not too late."She said, "What about that paper?"I said, "You are looking at the wrong paper. My paper says, What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder (Matt. 19:6). That is what I believe. How long have you been married?" She told me they had been married for twenty-seven years and had five children. I said, "That man has no business leaving you." I laid hands on her and said, "Holy Ghost, bring that rascal to his senses and save him. Don't bring him back home the way he is. Lord, save him and fill him with the Holy Ghost." I looked at the woman and said, "Go home and get ready for your husband. He is coming."Of course, that was easy for me to say. I was leaving town. I am an evangelist. I can hit them and run. But in all honesty, I believed what I had said. My wife and I drove from Seattle to Philadelphia. When we got to Philly, I had a letter, from that woman, waiting for me. I opened it and the first lines said, "Dear Brother Schambach, God is never too late! God got a hold of that rascal, saved him and filled him with the Holy Ghost. The Lord brought him back home and we got married all over again."That is the powerful aspect of faith. Take a stand of faith and say, "Devil, you are a liar. I am going to believe God for a miracle because He is going to turn this situation around." Speak faith. Speak to that mountain and that mountain has to obey your words. That is how you will experience the power of faith.Culled from "Miracles Eyewitness to the Miraculous" by R. W. SchambachTim Hall