Patience & God's Timing

Patience & God’s Timing

Habakkuk 2:3- “…if it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay”.

Being a control freak, it’s easy for me to plan out everything. What’s difficult, is when something doesn’t go according to plan. The thing is, as much as I like to have control of my life, God wants the control. So when I want something to happen at a certain time, and God wants it at a different time, who do you think wins. God. Every time. Our timing and our schedule to not stand a chance against God’s. Trust me.

Ecclesiastes 8:6- “There is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man’s trouble is heavy upon him”.

You might think that whatever you’re going through is the most important thing and get stuck focusing on that specific thing. It happens to me all the time. And when it doesn’t work out when I want it to, it’s easy to get frustrated. Remember what we talked about last week with Thankfulness? Look beyond the circumstance and find God. When things happen in God’s timing, they’re easy, natural, unbelievable!

Psalm 27:14- “…be strong and let your heart take courage…”

·      You could be in the tough situation that you’re in for awhile. It’s really easy to get discouraged. Be strong. Take courage. Trust God.

Psalm 37:4- “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart”.

·      When you find your delight in the Lord, He gives you what you want. That’s because when you are seeking wholeheartedly after Him, His desires for you become your desires for yourself. You are seeking God’s best interest for you!

·      I didn’t date anyone until my husband. And I was really discouraged about that- what’s wrong with me? Why am I not got enough? Pretty enough? I spent my freshman year of college rediscovering and getting to know God, and it was incredible. I sought Him out in everything. I began to realize that God was protecting me. My husband and I were friends for two years before we began dating, and God blessed every part of our relationship. We were only engaged for four and a half months, and planning our wedding was so much fun, and easy! Everything fell into place. We put all of our trust in the Lord and sought out His timing for our life together, if we were even supposed to have a life together, and our wedding was incredible. I feel so spoiled with how easy it was to plan! Lastly, my husband is in Graduate School at Denver Seminary. And it is expensive. But God opened the door for him to be a resident at a church, where they pay for all of his school and books, and he gets practical work experience in a church. Blessings like these are proof that you are walking in the way which God has guided you. Yes, there have been tough times and there will be tough times to come, but we keep our eyes and minds on God.

Where in your life do you need to adjust your focus and wait on God’s timing?