Time Will Tell!
"To everything there is a season,
a time for every purpose under
heaven."
Ecclesiastes 3: 1
God is more patient than we are because
He sees us from the perspective of eternity.
That’s why Moses wasn’t called to his work until age
eighty.
That’s why Jesus began His ministry at age thirty. That’s why
Abraham’s prayer for a child wasn’t answered until it seemed
too late, and that’s why our Lord showed up at the home of
Lazarus after the man had died.
God
doesn’t work on our timetable. In Genesis, Joseph was
enslaved at age seventeen and spent about thirteen years in
slavery and prison. Yet during that time, God was preparing
him to become one of the most powerful men in the world.
If you’re waiting for an answer from God, be patient
and remember that God has perfect timing. An little
poem puts it like this:
God has perfect timing; never early, never
late.
It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith.
But it’s truly worth the wait!
"We shall not grow weary of waiting upon
God
if we remember how long and how graciously
He once waited for us."
Charles Spurgeon
