Before we make decisions, we should pray as Anne Graham Lotz puts it, it is always to our benefit to be “pre-prayered” for whatever we face in life. The key is, that rather than spend our time worrying, or getting discouraged when things don’t turn out as we planned, we should make a determined effort to direct our focus to God.ĭavid wrote in Psalm 16:8, “I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.” Regardless of his circumstances or the events happening around him, David purposed to set the Lord always before him. That’s not to say that planning ahead is a bad thing on the contrary, the Bible tells us that planning for the future is wise (Proverbs 21:5). So often, we spend our time fretting and worrying about the future that we miss out on what God has for us in the present. It seems that not much has changed in the last two hundred and fifty-five years. Being human, Burns could not only see his present, he could lookīack and see his past, and though he couldn’t see the future, he could fret and Written after Burns accidentally turned up a mouse’s nest with his plough,īurns considers the mouse more fortunate than he, because “The present only The best laid schemes of mice and men in his poem, “To a Mouse”. Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote in 1765 about ![]() Originally published as “Not in a hurry.” Independent Plus. October 28, 2021: 5. It’s only when we rest in His timing that we will have peace. Hitting dead end after dead end? We should confirm whether or not we’ve actually committed our way to Him, because He’s promised that when we acknowledge and trust Him, He will direct our paths (Proverbs 3:5-6). We waste time when we follow our own timetable. On what and how we spend our time now has an eternal impact. “Commit thy way unto the LORD trust also in him Īnd he shall bring it to pass.” Psalm 37:5 God’s not in a hurry It requires us to surrender our inclination for instant gratification. Committing our way to the Lord and trusting in Him requires us to plan ahead. “Commit thy way unto the LORD trust also in him and he shall bring it to pass.” (Psalm 37:5). We prepare now to save time later.Īlthough we feel like waiting on the Lord is wasted time, waiting for God’s time inevitably always saves time. Most times when I’m making dinner, I prepare enough food in advance so we have leftovers for lunch, or something to stick in the freezer for a night when I don’t feel like cooking. We may not need protection from a physical enemy, His timing may be meant to save us from a poor financial transaction, or a bad decision with lasting ramifications. No matter how urgently we want things to happen, when we surrender our situation to Him and make His timing our timing, God will protect us. Their testimonies of God’s faithfulness and His perfect timing are a reminder that truly His ways are the best ways.ĭavid wrote in Psalm 31:15, “My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.” Even though his life was in danger, David didn’t take matters into his own hands, he surrendered his situation to God’s hands. Resting in His timing can save us from many a heartache and hurt, just ask others who are older and wiser. When things aren’t going our way, when it seems as though we’re coming up short, it’s important to remember that God uses His timing to protect us. ![]() Unlike God, we don’t know everything, and we can’t see into the future. ![]() Wondering why things aren’t going our way? Perhaps we’re not serving Him as we should. To delight ourselves in Him means delving more deeply into His Word, spending more time in conversation with Him, and going after His agenda and not our own. He will fulfill the desires of our hearts when we delight ourselves in Him. Psalm 37:4 instructs us to “Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” God knows and cares about the desires of our hearts – He fully understands what we want to happen. When we feel like waiting on God’s timing is wasted time, we should ask ourselves: Are we serving Him, or serving our own timing? There’s an old analogy that while we’re waiting on God, we should do what waiters do: Serve.
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