God's Timing Is Perfect

Galatians 4:4-5

4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.

Ephesians 1:10 (NLT)

And this is the plan: At the right time God will bring everything together under the authority of Christ—everything in heaven and on earth.

There are three things which I am seeking to remember in these days. and I thought it might be an encouragement for you as well.

First of all, I believe it is very important for us to always remember that God has a plan. God has a plan for our lives. God has a plan for the world. When I was teaching the youth and children at First Methodist Gladewater, I would also add that Jesus is a key part of God’s plan.

I hope today that you know that God has a plan for your life. Right now, for me, this is an important thing which I want to remember. After my interesting journey regarding getting excited about a ministry opportunity, only to realize that it wasn’t the right fit, it is important for me to remind myself that God has a plan for my life.

It is also so powerful to know that God is at work… all the time! God is always at work around us and within us. He is working toward the fulfillment of His plans and His purposes. I pray for each one of us that either we will have eyes to see what God is doing or that we will have the faith to be patient when we can’t see or understand what God is doing. Faith and patience go together in such a powerful way. Faith and patience are the power twins.

Hebrews 6:12 (NIV)

We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

So, we want to remember that God has a plan and that God is always working, whether we can see it or understand it. And then we also want to remember that God’s timing is perfect.

This is the key point which I am reminding myself of in these days.

Habakkuk 2:2–3 has long been a favorite passage for me, and it helps me know that it is important to wait on the Lord.

Then the Lord answered me and said, “Write the vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry.”

God’s time is perfect. I will wait upon the Lord.

Psalm 27:14

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart.
Wait, I say, on the Lord.

Then finally, Ecclesiastes 3:1 states, “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.”

It is important and encouraging to know that God knows the perfect time and season for each and everything. He has a plan, and He is working in His perfect time to fulfill it and to bring it to pass. I want to do my best to cooperate with the Lord and to be led by the Holy Spirit so that His plans and purposes for my life do come to pass. I know that He is always working, and I know that His timing is perfect.

Sometimes, I just have to remind myself and my soul of the spiritual truths which I am seeking to live out on a daily basis!