In His Time

"He makes every thing beautiful in his time."—Ecclesiastes 3:11

God's Timing

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When you look at the line above what catches your eye? The line or the dot? My eye sees the dot, that specific point between two lines.

And that's how I see my life and time.

My eyes, heart and emotion focus on the raging hot spot of time capturing my attention. God sees my life and time differently than I do. He looks at my entire lifeline—what he wants to heal from my past, ways he can help me today, how he will restore my future, and where I will reside after this life.

Today, a mere a dot on God's timeline, consumes me. God's time is not my time. Mine usually involves the word—NOW! When this week's plans crumble or I feel forgotten or misunderstood by others or today seems out of control, my patience takes a hike along the Stop-It-NOW Trail. God knowingly smiles on my problems and says, "Trust me. Wait for My time; it will be the right time."

Today's fires—stress and suffering—moves me closer to God or I can choose to move away from him.

El Roi, the God who sees, knows the pain of my yesterdays, my struggles today and my aspirations for my tomorrows. It's in those times when circumstances don't conform to my desires or wishes that I must cling to God's eternal promise: "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11 NIV).

Restoring My Patience

When I can't get a grip on patience or perspective or extinguish the inferno threatening today, I sing or listen to the song, "In His Time."

In His time, in His time,

He makes all things beautiful in His time.

Lord, my life to You I bring,

May each song I have to sing,

Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.

In Your time, in Your time,

You make all things beautiful in Your time.

Lord, my life to You I bring,

May each song I have to sing,

Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time.