“Timing is everything.” This is such a truism, such a universal thought that finding who said it first is impossible. A quick internet search on the source of this quote yields over 200 people who have said it in song, print, interviews and the like, in just the last 50 years.
Timing is the difference between something that works right and something that just happens. Memorable events are timed perfectly. Every person who can tell a joke has timing. I have known a few people throughout my life who simply could not tell joke. Their problem is that they have no timing. Every actor that is well paid has timing. Every preacher that has people listen to the has timing. My best sermons are one's where my timing is great.
Successful politicians are masters of timing. Releasing reports at just the right time to be ignored or featured on the evening news. Announcing accusations only work when they are stated at the right time. Too early or too late and no one will care.
God, obviously, is the master of timing. God has perfect timing because he is timeless. He sees and knows everything before it happens, as it is happening and after it happens. He can insert himself into time at any time. This is why timeless prayers work. A timeless prayer is a prayer for an event that has already happened. For example, if I know someone is traveling and I forget to pray as they are traveling, I can pray after. God can insert himself and effect time even in the past.
Since God’s timing is perfect and ours is not, Christians need to rely on God and his timing, which usually means we wait. Patience is an attribute or fruit that God really wants to see in his people, so the system he has setup usually means we wait. Waiting is good if you are waiting on the Lord. Psalm 27:14 is a Psalm about waiting on the Lord.
It is possible, to force things and get things done in our own strength and “make” things happen. However the good and perfect things come in God’s timing, not ours. Isaiah 40:31 is an encouragement to wait for the Lord. Yet people like to do things and get things done. Sometimes God just wants us to wait.
Looking back over my life, I have remembered the things that I got first or early, the times when I was first in line, and those times never brought anything that lasted or pointed to God. Yet when I waited, relaxed in the knowledge of who God is, rested in God, then things just seem to work out and they seem to last. This is because God has perfect timing and since my timing is rarely God’s timing, I need to wait. When God is moving, however, I need to be nimble and ready to move and do whatever he wants. Learning to live in God’s timing is a great skill to have and it will lead to a more peaceful life.
Timing is the difference between something that works right and something that just happens. Memorable events are timed perfectly. Every person who can tell a joke has timing. I have known a few people throughout my life who simply could not tell joke. Their problem is that they have no timing. Every actor that is well paid has timing. Every preacher that has people listen to the has timing. My best sermons are one's where my timing is great.
Successful politicians are masters of timing. Releasing reports at just the right time to be ignored or featured on the evening news. Announcing accusations only work when they are stated at the right time. Too early or too late and no one will care.God, obviously, is the master of timing. God has perfect timing because he is timeless. He sees and knows everything before it happens, as it is happening and after it happens. He can insert himself into time at any time. This is why timeless prayers work. A timeless prayer is a prayer for an event that has already happened. For example, if I know someone is traveling and I forget to pray as they are traveling, I can pray after. God can insert himself and effect time even in the past.
Since God’s timing is perfect and ours is not, Christians need to rely on God and his timing, which usually means we wait. Patience is an attribute or fruit that God really wants to see in his people, so the system he has setup usually means we wait. Waiting is good if you are waiting on the Lord. Psalm 27:14 is a Psalm about waiting on the Lord.
It is possible, to force things and get things done in our own strength and “make” things happen. However the good and perfect things come in God’s timing, not ours. Isaiah 40:31 is an encouragement to wait for the Lord. Yet people like to do things and get things done. Sometimes God just wants us to wait.
Looking back over my life, I have remembered the things that I got first or early, the times when I was first in line, and those times never brought anything that lasted or pointed to God. Yet when I waited, relaxed in the knowledge of who God is, rested in God, then things just seem to work out and they seem to last. This is because God has perfect timing and since my timing is rarely God’s timing, I need to wait. When God is moving, however, I need to be nimble and ready to move and do whatever he wants. Learning to live in God’s timing is a great skill to have and it will lead to a more peaceful life.
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