Hello Everyone
God is always on time. As the pendulum of time swings back and forth across our lives and the cosmic clock ticks with perfect precision, we live our days by its movement. Within space and time, we find ourselves moving forward along the highways and byways of life, always against the clock and this often influences our assumptions about God’s timing. As we etch our desires into prayers to God, making our good plans, we hope in Him, wait for Him, and trust Him to fulfil the desires of our hearts, all according to our timeframes. Proverbs 16:9. Yet could it be that we are so regulated by time that we filter our expectations of God through a finite, time-bound lens and periodically end up disappointed or discouraged that God seemingly hasn’t answered our prayers within the time periods we set (as reasonable as our timings may appear)? Yet, what God calls us to is trust; trust in His perfect wisdom and His perfect timing as sovereign Lord over all things, including time. God is always on time.
God is eternal and not constrained by chronological time or by the boundary walls of space. His timing is shaped by His eternal master plan. The difficulty for humans is the finite nature of life on earth and the pressing in of time. So, when we conclude God hasn’t responded to us on time and hold Him to account, we risk short-circuiting what He ultimately seeks to achieve. Imagine the things that would be missed if God simply delivered His answers according to our expectations. Yet what God does within the realm of our time is quite miraculous. Not only does He achieve His purposes for us, He also casts His eternal net wide and knits together all the threads of his Kingdom plans and although we may have waited, when God answers according to His perfect timing, His answers are immeasurably more than we originally imagined. It is true that God’s timing doesn’t always synchronise with our time clocks, but it is equally true and nothing alters the fact that God is always on time in all spheres of our lives. Any perceived delay from God is never a permission slip to give up but a call to trust Him. God is God and is always capable of achieving His purposes for us in the confines of time, but it is always His prerogative to enact His plans according to His sovereign will and timing and God is always on time.
God doesn’t want us to live only by the second hand that ticks around the clock face but by The Hand that can be most trusted: His hand. For His hand not only moves time but also moves His purposes through time. Time then is not our master; God is. God wants us to know He is not numb or unaware of the limits of time for human beings. He knows we are walking along a defined and limited timeline. But when we realise that God has not only created time but has also set eternity into our hearts, it reminds us we don’t need to fret over things that don’t happen according to our time clocks (Ecclesiastes 3:11-14). God’s perfect timing frames our time and puts everything into an eternal context. There is then great comfort in the knowledge there has never been a time where God hasn’t been on time with every detail of our lives and can do more in the final seconds of our circumstances where He miraculously transforms things as only He can do.
So, friends, get your “God’s time” on today.
Best days to come.
Wen