Dec 10

“…mine hour is not yet come.” John 2:4

God’s timing is always perfect and His work impeccable. He is never late and always on time, even when we cannot reconcile His timing with our human expectations, understanding or preference. Clearly God’s timing and His will are closely intertwined, so much so that we can miss His way altogether, when we step out of the timing of His will. We are often prone to become anxious, as Mary did at the marriage in Cana, regarding some need or want, and not only solicit but want to ‘hurry’ the Lord to act because ‘we are ready’, or we think the time is right, when in fact His work is done when He is ready! Although the Lord at times and mercifully condescends to our requests in ‘time’ with our anticipation, we cannot really ever interfere with or change God’s timing, if He has determined to function by a schedule which best suits His will and purpose. It is us who must learn to fit in with God and not the other way around. In a world of push-button instant responses, we are used to ‘getting what we want, when we want it’, but this kind of genie-like, magical mentality is not what our relationship with God is all about. He is not at our ‘beck and call’, He is our Master and we His servants, and that order cannot, must not, be reversed in our thinking or expectation. It may well be that the Lord wants to grant our request, but the timing of His work may not be automatically granted to suit our timepiece. God’s ‘delays’ build our faith and trust in Him, they help us remember we are not in control, He is. They are allowed for vital and important purposes and should be accepted with patience and grace on our part, knowing that God is our Father and He knows what is best for us and the situation that faces us. 


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