“But as for me, my prayer is to
you, O Lord.
At an acceptable time, O God,
in the abundance of your steadfast
love, answer me.”
— Psalm 69:13 (NRSV)
“God has perfect timing; never
early, never late. It takes a little patience and it takes a lot of faith, but
it’s worth the wait.”
— Author Unknown
Always
precise, never late, and a joy to behold,
Is the timing of the Lord’s purpose, from the beginning to
the end.
Through
such a thing as life, time’s used to mould,
The characters of humanity, if
souls, to God, will bend.
Testing
patience and endurance so as not, before time, to fold,
God’s power in mortal weakness,
made available, to lend.
From beginning
to end, through the corpus of time, the Lord’s
enrolled,
Humanity to the course of study
known as ‘The Only Way to Fend’.
Again we
hear it, and we’re destined again, if we’re bold,
To surrender human capacity to the
Lord, all flesh to rend.
Going
against God’s timing is folly we’re told,
For faith will supply, so God’s
faithfulness can for us mend.
The
precision of the Lord’s timing is gold,
And it’s the faithful who’ve
received who God can send.
Accepting Life’s Current Situation
If we are to do anything about
God’s timing of satisfactory means we must trust in the present moment, holding
our hopes aloft before the throne of God while simultaneously enjoying, as much
as it is possible, the intervening time.
Enjoying the present moment is
sometimes too much for us, but if we are aware how important it is to trust God
in this way, God will give us the power to hold on patiently.
Acceptance is a great power
because it abides by obedience in God. Maturity is made golden to the colour of
acceptance. When we can accept our current situation, nobly, we are prepared
all the more to wait, to be blessed, and to be the purveyor of joy—no matter
what.
Going to What Provides Hope: The LORD
Every Time
The provision of hope can never be
underestimated. We know we need hope when we feel helpless in the journey of
time, seeing little of the promise coming to fruition; little or no chance of
it.
To enjoy our current situations we
need access to hope; we need to go to what provides hope; we hope in God, even
despite the lack of visibility for blessing.
Trusting God’s timing is generally
a tortuous exercise; let’s not mince our words.
But, with hope beyond what we can
see—for true hope exists with no vision of hope—we have a way of enduring patiently, one day at a time.
The journey is bound to ebb and flow, to take us through the winding valleys
and the occasional hilltops, in between lots of surprising hairpin bends,
frustrating chicanes, and gorgeous views.
***
The harder the meandering journey
is, the more tremulous the valleys, the more wondrous is the experience of
God’s faithful timing in bringing the hope we have to pass. God is faithful and
he will do this thing.
© 2013 S. J. Wickham.
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