It is funny, both funny "ha ha" and funny peculiar how timing can affect and effect everything. We as finite earthly beings are completely governed by time, and schedules and our watches. On the flip side, God is completely outside of time, knowing the beginning from the end and operating in ways the are greater than yet woven into our concept of time....confusing...most of the time, yes! awe-inspiring, for sure!
As I said we are completely governed by time. We have our days planned, usually starting with an alarm clock to announce that it is "time" to get up. Our morning schedule is governed by keeping an eye on the time to ensure we are out the door and heading to work on time. Our work schedule is governed by time, even if it is longingly eyeing the clock waiting for our lunch hour. We complain that we don't have enough time to do xyz or meet with so-and-so. We are always wanting more time, more hours in the day or longing for our leave time, when we have hours of doing nothing. We grumble when things happen at an inopportune time for us. If we don't grumble about it, we laugh about it, sprouting cliched sayings like, "Murphy's law" when bad things happen at bad times.
Recently my toilet has been struggling to flush because somebody had thrown cement down it a few months ago, just before I moved in. It is a frustrating situation that keeps recurring. I had just lodged a complaint with my landlord again, only to be informed that the maintenance person was on leave and it would be attended to in a week's time. typical bad timing, toilet starts to clog when maintenance is not available to deal with it. and of course because bad things happening at bad/inopportune times seem to trend in life, in general....I also, during this week of waiting, caught a stomach bug that left me with the worst diarrhea that I have ever encountered in me life....Murphy's law.
The word of God speaks about how there is a time for everything, in Ecclesiastes 3. Time defines so much.
The good news as I stated before is that God has this, He knows the beginning from the end. He is outside of time and not governed by time YET he is able to move within time to fulfill His plan and purpose for our lives. And I can honestly say from many different experiences, when God steps into our time zone and connects the dots in His perfect timing [not in what we think the perfect timing should be], it is miraculous, awe-inspiring and leaves us stunned but incredibly grateful that we chose to wait on His timing. For not only is He good, not only is He loving and all He does is motivated out of these attributes, BUT He is timeless and therefor knows when perfect timing truly is.
So my encouragement for all of you heading into 2017 is this . . . stay in step with His Spirit....don't run ahead or lag behind, take His hand and walk by His side.
Galatians 5:25 [The Voice]
Now since we have chosen to walk with the Spirit, let’s keep each step in perfect sync with God’s Spirit.
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