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Someone has said that God is never early, but he’s always on time! Here’s his message to you:
“This is God. Today I will be handling all of your problems for you. I do not need your help. So, have a nice day. I love you. P.S. And remember, if life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it yourself! Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. I will get to it in my time. All situations will be resolved, but in my time, not yours. Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now.”
We need to give our problems over to God and put them in the SFGTD box—something for God to do box. But the hard part often is God’s timing. This message says, “All situations will be resolved, but in my time, not yours.” There’s the rub, right? God’s timing often seems so wrong to us.
You remember when Jesus delayed returning to Bethany to heal Lazarus, and as a result Lazarus died before he got there. Mary and Martha certainly did not understand his timing, and yet Jesus had a far greater purpose than simply healing Lazarus. Eventually they understood that Jesus’ timing was best, as he raised Lazarus from the dead.
But what about those situations where Jesus doesn’t “get there in time,” so to speak? Friends, God’s time is endless—in fact, he is not limited to time. So, when we think God has failed to respond in a timely way, it could just be that only eternity will hold the answer for us. The Bible says, “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known” (1 Corinthians 13:12). We just cannot get the full picture on this side of eternity; we’re looking through a poor prism. But in eternity we shall understand fully why God’s timing was not ours.
So, here’s God’s message to you today: “God will get to your situation in his time, not yours. And his time is the right time.”