SUBMIT TO GOD’S TIMING IN YOUR JOURNEY OF LIFE!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

TUESDAY APRIL 04, 2023.

SUBJECT: SUBMIT TO GOD’S TIMING IN YOUR JOURNEY OF LIFE! 

Memory verse: "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven”. (Ecclesiastes 3 vs 1.)

READ: Ecclesiastes 3 vs 2 - 8:

3:2: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted;

3:3: A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up;

3:4: A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time dance;

3:5: A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

3:6: A time to gain, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to throw away;

3:7: A time to tear, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

3:8: A time to love, and a time to hate; A time to war, and a time of peace.

INTIMATION:

God has plans and purposes for all people, and for all things. He provides circles of life, each with its work for us to do. Times for the good, and times for the bad. All these are from God and are purposed by Him in His perfect plan. However, the major problem of many of us is not submitting ourselves to God’s timing and plans, but rather we always want to put God into our own timing and plans. And it will never work.

God’s timing is of great essence in the journey of life. The secret to peace with God is to discover, accept, and appreciate God's perfect timing. The danger is to doubt or resent God's timing, and instead want ours. This can lead to despair, rebellion, or moving ahead without His advice. God plans all things in our lives at His appropriate and perfect timing. Even the problems we encounter may be part of His plan and come at His timing. Although we may face many problems that seem to contradict God's plan, these should not be barriers to believing Him, but rather opportunities to discover that without God life's problems have no lasting solutions! 

From our perspective, God sometimes seems slow to intervene on our behalf. But what might appear slow to us is good timing in God’s perspective. It’s easy to become impatient while waiting for God to act, but we must never give up on Him. When God is silent and you are in deep anguish, review the great acts of God throughout biblical history, then review what He has done for you. This will remind you that God is at work, not only in history, but also in your life today.

For instance, Jesus was a close friend to Lazarus and his family. He loved this family and often stayed with them. When Lazarus was sick, the family sent for Jesus wanting Him to come immediately. He stayed where he was for more two days, and eventually Lazarus died. Jesus knew their pain but didn’t respond immediately. His delay had a specific purpose (See John 11). God’s timing, especially His delays, may make us think He is not answering or is not answering the way we want. But He will meet all our needs according to His perfect schedule and purpose. Patiently await His timing, for He controls all times, methods, circumstances, and events 

God’s response doesn’t always come the moment we want it. He only responds when He knows the right time has come, for He knows the best time to act. When you feel that God has forgotten you in your troubles, remember that God has a time schedule we can’t see.

God will act when He is ready. It is a common knowledge that children have difficulty grasping the concept of time. “It’s not time yet” is not a reason they easily understand because they only comprehend the present. As limited human beings, likened to children, we can’t understand God’s perspective about time. We want everything according to our timing, unaware that God’s timing is better. When God is ready, He will do what needs to be done, not what we would like Him to do. We may be as impatient as children, but we must not doubt the wisdom of God’s timing. Wait for God to reveal His plan. Don’t take matters into your own hands. 

God’s timing is inherent in our becoming the persons God ordained us to be. We are forever in the process of becoming the person we will be. The word becoming implies the direction we are taking in our spiritual, physical, emotional, and intellectual growth and development. Life is a journey: it's not a destination. Every ending is a new beginning to our future, and every beginning is an ending to our past.

It's obvious that this is unachievable without Christ. By our own abilities, we will always crash. The Bible notes in First Samuel 2 vs 9, "…For by strength no man shall prevail." It's only God that makes all things possible with us. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4 vs 13). It is the power we receive in union with Christ that sufficiently helps us to do God's Will and to face the challenges that arise from our commitment to doing it. 

Prayer: Abba Father, show me the path of life that I may work in it. In Your leading and timing I am assured of the lines fallen unto me in pleasant places, and the destination ordained for me is sure to come, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!