In Its Own Time
In Its Own Time
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT)
Does your life feel dull and ugly right now? Do you look around and see others who seem to have blossomed on time, while you are stuck in the monotony of your season? Lately I have felt like my cherry tree, longing for spring but feeling the weight of winter.
We’ve been through a really hard season as a family. It’s felt dark and hopeless most days. I pray for an end, I pray for light, I pray for answers – but they are not here yet. I feel stuck. Our time has not yet come. And it’s hard to be stuck in winter when you want spring so badly.
Lord God, I thank you for your perfect timing. Help me to be patient and to trust you, even when it’s hard to see you at work. Thank you for the hope of springtime and new life after a cold, bleak winter.
Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. That is truth, and I believe it. The problem is that my time does not equal God’s time. I try to hurry God along, because I’m impatient and think I know better than Him. I want my spring now, but its time has not yet come.
God has a scope of work that He is accomplishing in this world, and it doesn’t operate on my timetable. That’s because God has eternity in mind – not just my one moment in time – but eternity for every human heart. And that is worth waiting for.
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