God's Plan Is Best!
"And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings
will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than
them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir
up all against the realm of Greece"
Daniel 11: 2
Perhaps nothing raises as many questions in the life of a Christian
as matters of God’s timing, especially regarding answers to prayer.
We have our ideas of when things should happen, only to
discover
that God’s ways are not our ways (Isaiah 55:8-9). Our faith is
then
challenged to conform our understanding to His revealed plans.
Even godly believers like Daniel wrestled with God’s timing.
After discovering that the Jews’ captivity would last seventy
years (Daniel 9), Daniel probably believed that all the Jews
would be back in Judea rebuilding the temple and Jerusalem.
Some did return, but the process of rebuilding was difficult.
So God sent an angel to Daniel (Daniel 10) to explain
that the next several hundred years were going to be
complicated (Daniel 11). Daniel had to adjust his plans
to God’s larger purpose.
We must do the same. When things don’t happen
on our schedule or to our expectations, we must
submit our plans to God’s and walk by faith.
"God has plans for this world,
not problems."
W. Ian Thomas
