God’s Timeline

The reality of waiting is that it puts us face to face with the difference between our will, particularly around our own timeline, and God’s will.  As a reader recently pointed out (thank you so much Jon!), even Jesus wrestled with that same difficulty as He faced down the cross. His will was different from that of His Father.  Jesus knew the pain and agony that was coming, and it was terrifying. But God knew there was only way to save all of mankind….a sacrifice….that of His Only Son.  Their wills were moving in opposite directions, but Jesus put His will on the altar of sacrifice before His Father who He knew He could trust.

Our waiting is often far less dramatic than facing down crucifixion, but the idea is the same in that waiting is our yielding to God’s clock and timeline.  Easy? No. Painful? Absolutely. Time feels like our enemy as it slowly ticks by, seemingly mocking us. But God is God over everything….and that includes time. He made time standstill for Abraham and Sarah as He gave them a child when natural laws made it truly impossible. He made time the instrument of maturity as He prepped Joseph to become second in command over the land of Egypt. He used time to make a man after His own heart from a lowly shepherd boy named David. He is the GOD OF TIME.

And we too can trust the God of Time to use time, not to hurt us, but to bless us in ways that we could never have dreamed or imagined. We just have to lay our will down and trust that He wants only the very best for us. And sometimes that takes a great deal of time.