THE APPOINTED TIME
- Jessica Smith

- May 23
- 4 min read

I’m going to share this encounter with Jesus concerning my son that I had last year (2025).
I had been worried about my son, Alexander most of the day. He has level 3 autism and epilepsy and was not doing well.
The battle was too heavy. Too lonely.
After requesting prayer here on Facebook, I just started walking and pacing my house praying so absolutely desperately for God’s help… I finally felt a connection to Him. I fell on my knees in our living room… overwhelmed and just happened to look up at a painting I made that would not sell… a painting of Jesus with eyes of fire.
Then I looked over at the other painting that would not sell… King of Glory. Then my Lord began to speak to me.
He told me He prevented these two paintings from selling, because He wanted me to see them there on my mantle this night to remember His power and His love.
They are messages to me from Him. I thought how strange for my own art to minister to me. Then He said, "I told you that I would use your artwork".
The one picture “Eyes of Fire” is inspired from the face to face encounter I had with Jesus when His love poured out of His eyes into me and blasted off a demonic oppression from my mind.
When I found myself staring into the fiery eyes of my painting I felt Jesus manifest to me through the art, like I was looking into those same eyes again.
I was thinking about how He blasted those demons off me.
Then God spoke to my spirit… “Will I not also do the same for your son?”
Then I looked over at my other painting on the left “The King Of Glory”, and suddenly I saw it in a new light... His power and glory so animated and magnified.
I saw the mighty fierce Lion of Judah (Jesus), walking in the UTMOST POWER and GLORY… so much power and glory the enemy would turn into a puff of nothing before Almighty God!!
I whispered in awe, "King of Glory, King of kings, King of the Universe..."
I suddenly got a revelation of His great might, glory and power. The revelation of His love and His power now surging through my mind...
I wept.
I looked back up at the painting of His face remembering His love for me… I wanted Jesus to remember how much He loved me in that dream, then once He remembered, I thought I would appeal to that love so that He would come quickly this night to help my son, and me.
So I said to Him, “Remember Your love for me, Lord?...”
Immediately He said to me, “YOU remember My love. Remember My love, Jessica. You have forgotten. Now remember My love...
"Remember how I showed up for you… remember My power. Will I not do it again for you? Only believe and have faith. For the power of My name far outweighs all evil that comes against you this or any night..."
As He says this I see a stone that is the name of Jesus flying through the air toward Goliath's forehead. We know the end of that story.
"I am with you. I am always with you. You seek My face, and you will find Me. You will see Me.”
I thought about all the times I spoke His name against the enemy recently and nothing seemed to happen. How discouraged I was… I asked Him, “But how do I use Your name?”
“Believe in My name. Faith activates power.”
I said to Him, “But Lord, I already think I am believing in your name! Help my unbelief!!”
He said to me, “Take your eyes off Alexander… off the enemy’s activity, and put your eyes on ME. You are filled with what you look at. Your eyes are constantly on your son and the enemy’s work against him, and you become filled with fear. If you look at the works of the enemy, you will surely be filled with fear. If you look at Me, you will be filled with FAITH… and more than faith… you will be filled with My love, which casts out all fear. You will be filled with My Spirit, and My Holy Spirit will cause you to bear fruits of PEACE and JOY in the midst of your storms and this JOY of Mine, which I give to you will be your STRENGTH...."
"Only endure and persevere for a time. For this shall all end. This chapter of your life will close in victory at the appointed time. For I am coming to heal and save Alexander. I Myself, am coming in like a Dread Champion against the enemy that holds Alexander captive. I Myself am coming with great power, and an outstretched arm to help. For you have called and I will answer. You have cried for Me and I will say, 'HERE I AM!"
GOD WILL HEAL MY SON. YOU WILL SEE IT.
Habakkuk 2:3
"For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry."
Isaiah 58:9
"Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’"
Genesis 18:14
"Is anything too difficult for the Lord? At the APPOINTED TIME I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son.”




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