In God’s Time 

   “For to you a thousand years are like a yesterday that has passed or one of the watches of the night.” (Psalm 90: 4) 

   Everyone is in a hurry, or else they are trying to put things off.  Time rules our lives in so many ways and yet time is a purely human construct; with God there is no time, all is now.

   My wife and I get some really odd looks and even a few snickers when people hear that it was barely three months from “Hello” to “I Do.”  They are amazed that we would make such a commitment in so short a time.  We just answer, “It was a God thing.  It was right and we knew it from the moment our eyes met.”

   The most incredible part of it was our friends and our pastor saw the love God had blessed us with even before we recognized it.  It came as no surprise at all to them when we said our vows so quickly.

   My point in sharing this personal experience is to remind others that God’s plans are not subject to time as we know it.  He does things when He wills and as He wills for those who believe and trust in Him.  Those who don’t believe will never understand but those who do are often blessed to see God’s hand in all things.

   Many people want to put God in a box made by human understanding,  That can only bring confusion and frustration.  If God is in your life, turn Him loose, let Him do with you what He wills, when He wills and how He wills.  That’s what trust in God really means and our obsession with time is what often stands in the way.