A good friend sent me an email about a daily devotion she had read. She said the devotion is written as if Jesus is speaking directly to the reader. It said, “Much, much stress results from your wanting to make things happen before their times have come. One of the main ways I assert my sovereignty is in the timing of events.”
Oh my, does that ever speak to me!! How many times could I have avoided a stress barrage if only I’d trusted God’s timing instead of my own? Lots of times, for sure. It’s so easy to assume that God will work a certain way and in my timing. But His Word says that God’s ways are not my ways. I have to remind myself of that all the time. And it also says that God never leaves nor forsakes us. That speaks true love and commitment to me.
One of the hardest things to do is wait on God and trust His timing. Don’t you agree? But one of the sweetest joys in life is when we do wait and trust Him only to look back and see that it was all in perfect timing.
It’s good that God asserts His sovereignty…He has it to assert!! The timing of events is critical, and it takes the sovereignty of God to do it perfectly. I wouldn’t want God’s job, would you? I’d rather look at my circumstance and just watch as God asserts His sovereignty as only He can do. And then…less less stress!!
