(Min. Hal Ringold) Oct. 17, 2012
JIT - Background
JIT is a Japanese management philosophy which has been applied in practice since the early 1970s in many Japanese manufacturing organizations. It was first developed and perfected within the Toyota manufacturing plants by Taiichi Ohno as a means of meeting consumer demands with minimum delays . Taiichi Ohno is frequently referred to as the father of JIT.
As I thought about this it occurred to me that God was the father of JIT.
Borrowing the acronym JIT let 's explore the reality that God thru His only son Jesus is in fact a Just In Time God.
Bible students will remember Genesis 3:21 that God tailor made Adam & Eve 's clothing after they sinned in the garden not before.
Exodus 16 that when God sent Moses to deliver and lead the children of Israel into the promised land that God provided for their food every morning with manna for breakfast and quail meat for dinner.
In Gen. 22 Abraham about to sacrifice his only son Isaac as a burnt offering when He heard the Angel of the Lord, shout Abraham Abraham "Lay not thine hand upon the lad" Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns.
When we think of how the 3 Hebrew boys were thrown in a fiery furnace and a fourth person fourth is like the Son of God personally delivered the miracle to them JIT.
Queen Ester went by faith before the King to plead for the people and at the last moment Haman 's wicked plans fell upon himself and the people were saved.
We see that many needs were met by God exists outside of time yet delivering them to His people Just in Time.
Since God is spirit” (John 4:24) God is timeless and can not be held to or confined by Time
This became apparent more so after Christ became incarnate. Now Jesus is Emmanuel God with us in this earth governed by time in other words He entered the time zone. *Galatians 4: 4 But when the
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