Timing.

God's timing is perfect.

That's something I believe and have seen true. Although there are times when I can't see it and don't understand it, at the end of the day, God is faithful and His timing is perfect.

This is something I've been "pondering" over the past few weeks. There's been circumstances in the last few weeks that have left me wondering "why?" Why now, why this timing? But it's in that that I feel God teaching me to wait and trust. Wait because He knows what He's doing. Trust because He has a perfect plan for me and wants the best for me. These are things I know but that doesn't change the fact that I still have questions and uncertainty. I am human after all! But, they are things that I'm working on. In this time, all I can do is pray and depend on God's strength and peace. I'm thankful that He offers so much to us.
With all that being said, one thing that has been on my mind is this... if someone does something that deters a situation (as in deterring it away from what God had intended), God's plan is still going to prevail despite our decisions so if whatever it is or was is a part of God's plan, then it'll come back around eventually. Right? Hopefully that all made sense.
So I was talking to my mom about this idea of if something is a part of God's plan, it'll come back eventually and she reminded me of the story of Abraham (Abram) and Sarah (Sarai) in Genesis. (Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this...) Sarah was barren but God had promised that she would one day have a child. Sarah told Abraham to sleep with the maidservant so that they could build a family through her. Abraham did as Sarah said and months later, Ishmael was born by the maid, Hagar. Jump forward, Abraham is 99 years old. God told Abraham that Sarah would have a son and they were to name him Isaac. The Bible says that at the very time God had promised , Isaac was born.
God fulfilled His promise in HIS timing, even after Abraham and Sarah took matters into their own hands. I was talking about timing of things with a friend today and she said this: no matter what decisions we make, God's plan will still prevail. I am so incredibly thankful for this and needed to be reminded! In times when I feel like I may have missed my chance or I messed something up, I take comfort in the fact that God's plan will still prevail!

In all things, I desire to do what God wants. But sometimes I'm afraid that I'll do something that God doesn't want. But within that, insecurity can take over and distract from what God is trying to do. One thing I learned in this is that insecurity is no good. Yeah, I've known this. But it took a circumstance to really show me insecurity will just keep you from doing what God wants you to do.

Right now, I'm in a season of not fully understand God's timing in situations. But that's okay because I don't have to understand. I think too often we ask God for something or to do something and we want to hear "Yes!" right away...instant gratification. But God isn't always going to answer "yes" or "no." Sometimes, it's "not right now." Sometimes we don't need all our questions answered. We just need to wait because in the end... God's plan will prevail and His timing is perfect. This I am clinging to.

Make sure you commit everything to prayer. Prayer is SO powerful!

So on the other side of this, when we are able to see that God's timing is perfect... A few months ago I seen this. Without getting into a ton of detail, I had been praying for a family member for months about a situation and one day I received a text that was a total answer to prayer. Although there were times that I was like, "God why aren't you answering this?" I seen that day when I received that text, that His timing IS perfect. Also, I just finished reading two books, "Captivating" and "The Sacred Romance" --- let me just say, the timing of reading these books was totally God because it was all stuff I needed to hear right now. Even in the little things such as reading a book, God's timing is perfect.

So friends, don't be discouraged. You may not know the answer to your question or maybe God granted you an answer right away. God is faithful. He cares for us and has an amazing plan. Give it time. Learn to trust. Listen. If you didn't hear me say it enough, God's timing IS perfect :)