God's perfect timing

Timing is everything. Time is something that you can never get back. Think about how significant timing is in your life. If you woke up 30 minutes earlier than you normally do, you're going to have more time to do things. You know when you are sitting at a stoplight and it turns green and you see somebody run the red light going the opposite direction, you were a spilt second away from being hit by the car. In the United States timing and living by a schedule strictly based on time is more significant than most other countries. Whenever I travel overseas, it seems like everybody runs on their own time. which is completely fine. It's usually pretty difficult to get used to because as Americans timing is everything.

I can tell you one thing for a fact; God's timing is perfect. God's perfect timing is often difficult for us imperfect humans to understand.

We have a tendency to want things to run on our own time right? When things run on our own perfect schedule, life seems to be easier.

Have you ever gone through a season of your life where it seems like God is silent? It happens when we are hit with adversity or crazy life circumstances. We have all been there. In those times, our hearts become prone to clinging to whatever gives us hope. That is why when you are going through something that is really difficult, you sit through a sermon at church and the sermon was the best one you've ever heard.

It's just what happens with timing.

Often times it seems like God remains silent for longer than what we want. In those times, that is when our true character is tested. There are two ways in which we can go about it. We can be patient and just wait for God to bring us out of our dormant that we are in, or we begin to listen to other people and then we begin to question God's timing. I am sure it is clear to you what we should do, and that is to continue to wait on God. God's perfect timing is for something else to come about in us.

I wonder if you have experienced this before. I bet that you have. I know that I have over and over again. Something will happen in my life and I feel like it is the worst timing, then after trusting in God's perfect timing there is always something that I learn from those situations that I never thought that I would.

An example that comes to mind is relationships. Break ups usually suck, and the when break ups happen it seems like it's the worst timing ever. But as time goes on, the more you learn from those situations.

When it seems like God is silent, we need to pause for a moment. We need to settle down and really take our time to realize that we need Christ and that without Christ we are hopeless. When we get a sense of hopelessness the timing is right. That is when it's time for God to revel himself to us.

"For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,"
says the Lord your redeemer." (Isaiah 54:7-8)

I really enjoy those two verses. God is saying that for a moment he abandoned us and that will deep compassion he will bring us back. God's ultimate goal is to always show his grace and his almighty power over us so that we recognize that we NEED him.

I want you to think of the timing. This whole post has been about the timing of everything. God's timing leads us to a couple of verses in Galatians and it's perfect timing for the Christmas season.

But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. (Galatians 4:4-5)

When the timing was right, God sent his Son. In two days, Jesus Christ is born! When the time is right, God is going to reveal himself to you to show you that we all need him. Without God we are hopeless. When you feel like God is silent, I promise you the time is going to come and the Holy Spirit is going to show you things and teach you things you never thought you would be taught.

I challenge you to have an open and patient heart. Sometimes the silence we experience might last a long time. God was silent for 400 years so I am pretty sure we can endure a season of silence. Endure and see what happens! God's timing is perfect.