God's Timing

This is a world where everybody’s in a rush. We want things and we want them now! I am guilty of being one of those people. It is a battle everyday to be patient and yet expectant for the things of God. Yesterday, reading Genesis, I realized how brave and patient Noah had been. How many of us could say we would build an ark for God and go through years of humiliation because there still wasn’t any sight of rain. Maybe we would have gone through it for a year or two, but Noah waited around 120 years.

God’s timing is crucial and can be a bit frustrating to the one waiting. I’m sure each of us has had that moment when we’re looking up into the heavens and yelling, “Hurry it up, God!” That is a part of our nature; we have to understand that God lives outside of time. Let’s think of God as a master baker. When you’ve been baking a while you get a sense when your cake is done, you go check it and usually that sense is spot on. But what if God ignores that sense and he decides to wait a bit longer before taking out the cake? The cake would be overcooked and unfit to eat. What if he decided to take out the cake at the prompting of his children because they were ready to eat it? The cake would be undercooked. Either scenario isn’t good. God doesn’t want us to miss our chance, which is the cake being overcooked. He also doesn’t want us to get something that we aren’t ready for, which is the undercooked cake. He goes by his infinite knowledge. He is the master of the universe; he knows the beginning and the end. God loves us so much that he gave up his only begotten son, so that we may have life. Why do you think he would give you something at the wrong time that could potentially hurt you? Many of you parents can understand what I am saying. Many of you wouldn’t give your thirteen year old child a thousand dollars with good sense. Why? Because they are far too immature to handle that blessing. That is how many of the things we ask for is seen by God. He see’s where we are in life and says, “No, she needs a little more maturing or he needs to first forgive his father…” Sometimes God waits just so that when he does bless you everyone around you will know of his glory and power.

I know this is only a small comfort to most, but God wants us to realize that his timing isn’t to torture us. His timing is to protect us and to maximize. God wants the best for us. He is our father and we, his children. Parents, don’t you want the best for your children. Let’s make an effort to thank God for his perfect timing, because without it, we would be consuming something that is inedible.