Not Before it's Time
When is it going to be my time to get married? Seems like everyone is finding their spouse…except me.
When is it going to be my time to go from renting to owning? Seems like everyone is buying a house…except me.
When is going to be my season for financial increase? Seems like everyone is getting more money…except me.
When is it going to be my time to have a child? Seems like everyone is having a baby…except me.
When is it going to be my time for my dreams to become a reality? Seems like everyone is finding their calling in life…except me.
When will God answer my prayers?
It seems like everyone else is getting blessed… except me!
How many of us can be honest, and say that we’ve ever said or thought any of these things? If none of the things on the list above apply to you, I’m sure you could fill in the blank with your own, “except me” statement.
At times, it can be so easy to look at the lives of others, and put God on a time table based off of what He has done for someone else. I could say, “unfortunately” God doesn’t work on our time table, but me using the word “unfortunately” would be misleading.
It is FORTUNATE for us that God doesn’t give us what we want, when “we” think we should have it. God knows exactly what we need. He also knows when we need it.
FORTUNATELY, He won’t give us anything before it’s time.
Going into last summer, I thought I would be revealing my blog to the world. I had the vision for it, and the passion to make it happen. I just couldn’t seem to pull everything together, to get it off the ground.
When I went into my last semester of college last year, I was 100% overwhelmed. “Stressed” can’t even begin to explain the anxiety I felt on almost a daily basis.
There was absolutely no way that I would’ve been able to focus on my last semester of school, and running a blog at the same time.
Not only that, but I learned SO MUCH from my classes in my last semester. I have been able to apply what I've learned to creating my blog. For one of my assignments, I had to create a website.
That helped me tremendously! That particular course provided resources and tools that I didn’t even know existed. Without those things that I learned, I can honestly say, this blog wouldn’t exist today.
God knew that it wasn’t time yet. Had I of gone ahead of him, I could’ve messed up what He was trying to do in my life.
It wasn’t that God didn’t want me to have it, it was that he needed to prepare me first.
I know waiting is hard. I can’t even lie, waiting SUCKS. At times, it can seem frustrating and even unfair. If you’re anything like me, you want what you want, when you want it.
I’m learning that I must trust God. I can’t say that the waiting becomes easier. It doesn’t (sorry). I can say that God knows what I don’t know, and He can see what I can’t see.
Knowing that gives me more peace, and helps me to have a better attitude while I’m waiting.
I know that when I wait on God’s timing, that what I’m waiting for will turn out far better than it would’ve, if I had tried to do things on my own.
God says that if we delight ourselves in Him, that he will give us the desires of our heart. Set your focus on God. I can just imagine God’s heart being filled with so much joy when we say…
“Father, I may not see it yet, but I know that it will happen in your timing. Thank you for not giving me anything, before it’s time.”
Today’s Reading: Psalms 37:4, Psalms 130:5, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Psalms 37:4 (NKJV) “Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.”
Psalms 130:5 (NLT) “I am counting on the Lord; yes I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (NLT) “For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. A time to scatter stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to turn away. A time to search and a time to quit searching. A time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be quiet and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace.”