Trusting in God's timing has got to be one of the most prevalent challenges for believers today. How hard can it be really? It shouldn't be that much of a challenge, should it?
It's easy to say all of that until one thing or another doesn't go the way that we want it to be. In fact, we never find God's timing and will hard to follow -- at least not until His will and timing go against our will and timing.
And sure we all know that Isaiah 55:9 reminds us that His thoughts are higher than our thoughts and His ways higher than our ways, but it can often be easier said than done, can't it?
Is God's timing always what's good for us? If yes, then why do Christian businessmen have to go bankrupt? Why do churches have to experience church splits? Why do good and faithful people have to get sick?
How do you tell a 3-year-old girl who believes Jesus is loving but is diagnosed with Leukemia that God's will and timing are always perfect?
It won't always be nice
1 Peter 4:12 tells us, "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you." What the apostle Peter is saying is that it should be expected that there will be some things that will happen to you that aren't nice.
If you're the kind of Christian who thinks "nothing bad should happen to me because God is loving," I hate to be the bearer of bad news but that's not how it works.
It will always be good in the long run
Romans 8:28, however, reminds us that "And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose."
Sickness may not always go when we want it to, marriage won't always be as nice as we thought it would be, but God will always make all things work together for our good. The day will come when all people will just look back on trials and say, "Thank you, Lord, for making all things -- good times and bad -- happen for our good."
It won't always be what we expect
And, once again, God's will won't always equate to our will, but I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that God's plan is way better than yours. No one can outlast, outthink and outdream God.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope."
