“Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.” Genesis 21:1-5
Who created and is running this story? It is not in my timing. Thankfully, it is in God’s timing; and it has been throughout the history of this fallen world. The Lord kept his word and did for Sarah exactly what he had promised; in His timing. She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
We live in a fast-paced life here in North America. We strive for quick solutions to our perceived challenges. We got plans. God isn’t in a hurry, so He didn't have a problem waiting a quarter century before fulfilling His promise and allowing Abraham and Sarah to conceive. Who knows why He waited that long? It was His call; His timing is perfect. Get used to that. His timing is always perfect.
In our human way of thinking in this fallen world, we view all the events along our journey from the limited perspective of time. It's like driving my truck on Delmas in PAP while looking through a soda straw; the side traffic never gets into my side vision. God, however, isn't constrained by time or human perspective. He views events on earth from above, taking in the whole panorama of time throughout the history of this world. While we may need to hurry because we might be late for something, the Lord doesn't need to rush, because He maintains complete control over time. He has prearranged the unfolding of His plans down to less than a nanosecond.
Most of us are not good at waiting. And, most of us are waiting for something. Waiting for relief. Waiting for an answer to prayer. Waiting for the chaos in Haiti to end. That end is in His timing. The people who have grown deep in their relationship with God have learned to wait with anticipation instead of worry. The end to the chaos in Haiti is coming. When? How soon? In His timing.
Heavenly Father, you have called your servants to ventures of which we cannot see the ending, by paths as yet untrodden, through perils unknown. Give us faith to go out with good courage, not knowing where we go but only that your hand is leading us and your love supporting us through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Amen.
May God be with you,
Jay