Right On Time!

Ever have a day when you're running late?  Your alarm doesn't go off?  You oversleep?  You're late for work or school or an appointment?  And once you start the day late, doesn't it seem like everything else that can go wrong that day does?  Its like our bad timing messes up everything!  Our schedules may run amuck at times, but God's never does.  He is always on time...never late...His timing is perfect! 

Sure, it may not always seem like it.  We may be waiting on something from God and it seems like He's taking forever.  Or He's running late.  Sometimes it may seem like He's not showing up at all.  But we have to remember that just because we think we know what the timing of a particular situation should be, we do not always know what God's timing might look like.  And I don't know about you, but I'd much rather be on His schedule than to try to run everything according to my own timeline!

Of course there are times when we may become panicked and think that if something doesn't happen by a certain date or time that the world is just going to come to an end.  Don't we all have those moments?  But then we only have to stop and remember that while we may not know all the reasons behind His timing and His plan, we can rest assured that it is much better than anything that we could ever conceive. 

The timing of our situation may not seem to be what we think is best at the time, but that's what faith is all about.  While things may not look like what we think they should look like...when things aren't happening when we think they should happen, or the way in which we think they should happen...faith is not only believing, but KNOWING that God is in control and that His schedule and His timing and His plans are far greater and much better for us than ours could ever be. 


"Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD!"  ~  Psalm 27:14

"Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield." 
~  Psalm 33:20

 "I waited patiently for the LORD; and He turned to me and heard my cry."  ~  Psalm 40:1

"But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."  ~  Isaiah 40:31